On the basis of three years' intensive observation of the community and interactions at the Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY, the present study addresses the psychosocial problem of creating and maintaining trust between the residents of an area contaminated by toxic waste materials and the government-sponsored scientific researchers and other health professionals who worked and studied there (t...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In many of the third world countries like India, uncontrolled land disposal of municipal solid waste is a common practice even today. Various studies have indicated that the unregulated waste dumps and landfills cause serious environmental and human health hazards, one of them being groundwater contamination. In order to prevent further groundwater contamination from the uncon...

Background: The disposal and management of hazardous waste are worldwide problems. Notwithstanding the difficulties evaluating epidemiological studies, some observations of their health impact appear to be, to some extent, reproducible. Local context: The role of epidemiological studies in contributing to decision-making in public health is addressed, through describing an Italian context with ...

We investigated the possibility of use of Tanacetum vulgare (tansy) as an ecological indicator of metal concentration in a naturally colonized open-pit lignite mine in Bełchatów (Poland). Tanacetum vulgare is the only species growing abundantly and spontaneously in the lignite mine waste dumps. Metal concentrations in roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and soil were measured in dump sites differing...

Open dumping and landfilling are the prevalent solid waste disposal practices in Thailand. Surveys on the disposal sites revealed the presence of 95 landfills and 330 open dumps. Methane emission potential at these sites was estimated by three methods. Results of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) method, Landfill Gas Emission model (LandGEM), and closed flux chamber technique...

There is a big waste generation nowadays due to the growing demand for innovation and the fact that more and more products have a reduced lifetime, increasing the volume of dumps and landfills. Currently, one of the segments of large volume is the technology waste, which reflects on the printed circuit boards (PCBs) that are the basis of the electronics industry. This type of waste disposal is ...