he topic of radioactive waste generates debate, both publicly and scientifically. Like chemical and other hazardous waste, radioactive waste needs to be dealt with to ensure its safety and its security. Proper management and disposal of most forms of radioactive waste is technically straightforward. A robust safety regime has been developed internationally for managing and disposing of radioact...

4. With an aim to improve the waste management, Mongolia developed the following regulations: “A rule on classification, collection, temporary storage, transportation, treatment of hazardous wastes” (2002); “Regulation and procedures on disposal and landfill of hazardous waste of business entities, and requirements on waste containers and waste disposal sites” (2006); “Methodology for calculati...

The consideration that end-of-life mobile phones are hazardous wastes is likely to be controversial with those who might be unaware that cell phones contain hazardous substances and as such will be regulated under the international definitions of hazardous waste once they are discarded. However this matter has largely been resolved for us by the definitions found in the Basel Convention and by ...

AIMS To investigate the prevalence and temporal patterns of hazardous drinking and risk factors during medical school for future hazardous drinking among doctors. METHODS Two cohorts of graduating medical students (N = 1052) from all four Norwegian universities (NORDOC) were surveyed in their final year of medical school training (1993/94 and 1999) (T1) and again 4 (T2) and 10 (T3) years late...

The purpose of this study was to systematically investigate hazardous materials (hazmat) releases and determine the mechanisms of these accidents, and the industries/activities and chemicals involved. We analyzed responses by Massachusetts' six district hazmat teams from their inception through May 1996. Information from incident reports was extracted onto standard coding sheets. The majority o...

The events of 11 September 2001 became the catalyst for many to shift their disaster preparedness efforts towards mass-casualty incidents. Emergency responders, healthcare workers, emergency managers, and public health officials worldwide are being tasked to improve their readiness by acquiring equipment, providing training and implementing policy, especially in the area of mass-casualty decont...

As the world strives to create a more sustainable environment, green chemistry has come to the fore in attempts to minimize the use of hazardous materials and shift the focus towards renewable sources. Chlorophylls, being the definitive "green" chemical are rarely used for such purposes and this article focuses on the exploitation of this natural resource, the current applications of chlorophyl...

background: chemical contaminants present in the work environments include gases, vapors, and solid and liquid suspended particles. the number of factories producing chemicals has increased significantly. each year, new products are introduced into the market. consequently, the number of employees at risk of exposure to these materials is increased. hazardous chemicals are used in the petrochem...

hospital wastes are one of most important environmental problems because of their hazardous, toxic and pathogenic characteristics. the aims of this study were to identify and measure the amount of hospital wastes and classify of them according to who criteria in amirolmomenin(as) hospital and shahid rajaei policlinic in ahwaz, sw of iran. this research was a field-descriptive study. initially, ...

Of the 12 billion tons of waste generated annually in the United States; less than 10% is defined as hazardous under the provisions of RCRA. This paper summarizes the data available on some of the wastes that are defined as non-hazardous. These wastes include industrial non-hazardous waste, and several types of wastes that are currently exempted from hazardous waste regulations, such as oil and...