To investigate the relationship between four sources of environmental pollution (shipyard, iron foundry, incinerator, and city center) and lung cancer risk, we conducted a case-control study of decreased men in Trieste, Italy. We identified 755 cases of lung cancer and 755 controls through the local autopsy registry. Information on smoking habits, occupational history, and place of residence we...

I Data from large incinerators shows the potential release of dioxins, heavy metals, and acid gases as air pollutants. Hospital incinerators can present similar problems to a much greater degree, especially ,sinc-e,most of these smaller incinerators do not have effective c'ijmbustion or emission controls and their emissions are poorly dispersed. high content of plastics in the waste. potential ...

In the field of industrial control, there has been a significant increase in the use of AI based techniques. For various control problems there has been successful implementation of different Intelligent techniques like Fuzzy Logic, Artificial Neural Network and other Hybrids. One of the major byproducts recovered from crude oil is sulfur. Sulfur is recovered from crude oil using the Modified C...

Refuse incineration data for New York City (NYC) have been compiled as a function of time during the 20th century to assess the historical significance of this pollutant source in a densely populated area. Thirty-two municipal and 17,000 apartment house refuse incinerators were identified. Approximately 1.1 x 10(8) t of refuse (wet weight) were combusted in NYC incinerators between 1908 and 199...

The incineration of municipal solid waste leads to the environmental release of some toxic substances, albeit of low atmospheric concentration in the proximity of the most recently built incinerators thanks to the substantial advancements in air pollution control equipment. An excess risk of some adverse health outcomes (cancer, birth defects, and respiratory diseases in particular) has been li...

Incineration is widely used to clean up Superfund sites. Modifications which improve the efficiency with which waste can be incinerated are therefore of interest to EPA. Oxygen/air burners are of interest because their installation on conventional incinerators can allow for significant increases in waste feedrate and on-line time. It is for this reason that an oxygen/air burner was evaluated in...