Biosolids applied to land : advancing standards and practices /

" ... this report ... searched for evidence on human health effects related to biosolids exposure and the technical methods and approaches used by EPA to establish its human-health-based chemical and pathogen standards for biosolids."--Page xi.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Toxicants and Pathogens in Biosolids Applied to Land
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Land treatment of wastewater.
Sewage sludge > Management.
Sewage disposal in the ground > Health aspects.
Sewage disposal plants > Standards > United States.
Health risk assessment > United States.
Epidemiology.
Environmental Health > standards
Sewage
Public Health > standards
Epidemiology
Eaux usées > Épuration par le sol.
Boues d'épuration > Gestion.
Eaux usées > Stations de traitement > Normes > États-Unis.
Risques pour la santé > Évaluation > États-Unis.
Eaux usées.
Épidémiologie.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > General.
Health risk assessment
Land treatment of wastewater
Sewage disposal in the ground > Health aspects
Sewage disposal plants > Standards
Sewage sludge > Management
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations
  • Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Biosolids management
  • 3. Epidemiological evidence of health effects associated with biosolids production and application
  • 4. Advances in risk assessment since the establishment of the part 503 Rule
  • 5. Evaluation of EPA's approach to setting chemical standards
  • 6. Evaluation of EPA's approach to setting pathogen standards
  • 7. Integration of chemical and pathogen risk assessment
  • Glossary
  • Appendixes.

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