Abstract
Incineration likely will continue to play an important role in the management of municipal solid waste; however, there risks posed incineration “notorious” is much debate and concern over the potential dioxin 2,3,7,8-TCDD and a reduced set of exposure pathways, this paper examines various issues concerning emissions from incinerators, notably the role of uncertainty and background exposures in the assessment of health risks. Various issues arising from recent proposals by the Enviromental Protection Agency for setting risk-based emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAPS) are also discussed.
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Chambers, D.B., Ibbotson, B.G., Powers, B.P. (1991). Assessing Risks from Incineration of Municipal Solid Wastes. In: Travis, C.C. (eds) Municipal Waste Incineration Risk Assessment. Contemporary Issues in Risk Analysis, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3294-1_15
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