Transport and Transportation Pathways of Hazardous Chemicals from Solid Waste Disposal

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 27; pp. 295 - 308
• Main Author: Van Hook, Robert I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. National Institutes of Health. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 01.12.1978
• Subjects: Animals; Biological Transport; Biotransformation; Chemical hazards; Contaminants; Ecology; Environmental Pollutants - metabolism; Environmental Pollutants - poisoning; Fifth Los Alamos Life Sciences Symposium: Hazardous Solid Wastes and Their Disposal. Los Alamos, New Mexico, October 12-14, 1977; Fires; Food; Fresh Water; Groundwater; Hazardous waste disposal; Humans; Organic soils; Refuse Disposal - methods; Seawater; Sedimentary soils; Soil biochemistry; Soil pollution; Soil water; Solid wastes; Water Pollution

To evaluate the impact of hazardous chemicals in solid wastes on man and other organisms, it is necessary to have information about amounts of chemical present, extent of exposure, and chemical toxicity. This paper addresses the question of organism exposure by considering the major physical and bio...