Characteristics of Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions from Waste Incinerators

Evaluation of volatile organic emissions from hazardous waste incinerators.

Conventional methods of risk assessment typically employed to evaluate the impact of hazardous waste incinerators on public health must rely on somewhat speculative emissions estimates or on complicated and expensive sampling and analytical methods. The limited amount of toxicological information concerning many of the compounds detected in stack emissions also complicates the evaluation of the...

Projection of hazardous air pollutant emissions to future years.

Projecting a hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emission inventory to future years can provide valuable information for air quality management activities such as prediction of program successes and helping to assess future priorities. We have projected the 1999 National Emission Inventory for HAPs to numerous future years up to 2020 using the following tools and data: the Emissions Modeling System f...

The evaluation of stack metal emissions from hazardous waste incinerators: assessing human exposure through noninhalation pathways.

Potential public health effects associated with exposure to metal emissions from hazardous waste incinerators through noninhalation pathways were evaluated. Instead of relying on modeling the movement of toxicants through various environmental media, an approach based on estimating changes from baseline levels of exposure was employed. Changes in soil and water As, Cd, Hg, Pb, Cr, and Be concen...

Combustion Emissions from Hazardous Waste Incinerators, Boilers and Industrial Furnaces, and Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators – Results from Five STAR Grants and Research Needs

DISCLAIMER The research described in this document has been funded wholly by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) grants program. The information presented in this report is intended to provide the reader with insights about the progress and scientific achievements of STAR research grants within a broader context. This report could ...

Hazardous Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills