Hazardous materials are potentially harmful to people and environment due to their toxic ingredients. Although a significant portion of dangerous goods transportation is via railroads, prevailing studies on dangerous goods transport focus on highway shipments. We present an analytical framework that incorporates the differentiating features of trains, notably volume and nature of cargo, in the ...

abstract   background: evaluate the adherence to facility management and safety standards among governmental and non-governmental hospitals in shiraz, iran.   methods: in this cross sectional study, 22 hospitals of the 33 hospitals in shiraz, iran including 13 governmental and 9 non-governmental facilities were surveyed. a 74-item self-administered questionnaire was used. collected data were en...

Fly ash from Mae Moh power plant in Lampang province, northern Thailand (unit 6, 8, 10 and 11) was investigated to find out the heavy metals (As, Cd, Hg, Pb Zn) content of fly ash. Every metal except mercury is at higher level than background soil. The average arsenic two times soil unit 11 contains largest amount (148.5 mg kg-1). Mercury dumping site not detectable. Sludge, end product wastewa...

In the past decades, hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), so-called air toxics or toxic air pollutants, have been detected in the atmospheric air at low concentration levels, causing public concern about the adverse effect of long-term exposure to HAPs on human health. Most HAPs belong to volatile organic compounds (VOCs). More seriously, most of them are known carcinogens or probably carcinogenic ...

PT APEB is a company that producing rotogravure cylinders. Company's management of hazardous and toxic waste, commonly referred to as B3 waste has been inadequate, particularly in regards the temporary storage facility. The aim this study analyse types, characteristics, quantity produced by company. results will be used design facility for complies with Indonesian standards. method descriptive ...