The role of citizen activism in protecting public health and the environment from land application of sewage sludge: an interview with EPA's Hugh B. Kaufman.
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This article--an account of an interview with an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official--addresses the role of citizen activism in combating environmental decisions that may cause harm, including the sludge policy of the EPA.
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Land Application of Treated Sewage Sludge: Community Health and Environmental Justice
BACKGROUND In the United States, most of the treated sewage sludge (biosolids) is applied to farmland as a soil amendment. Critics suggest that rules regulating sewage sludge treatment and land application may be insufficient to protect public health and the environment. Neighbors of land application sites report illness following land application events. OBJECTIVES We used qualitative resear...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS
دوره 12 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002