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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"toxic waste"”.
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Industrial toxic waste and health: a practical case study
… types of pollution sources studied ranged from waste dumps to incinerators, to nuclear power stations. Each study was described, stressing on their respective backgrounds, building on geographical (study) areas, data, analysis and results. Brief synopses of the studies were next grouped, …
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Women's Activism in the Toxic Waste Movement: The Dialectics of Gender and Activism
This work underscores the relevance of gender identity for understanding activism and the importance of superseding essentialist constructions of gender.
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Toward a Democratic Science? Environmental Justice Activists, Multiple Epidemiologies, and Toxic Waste Controversies
… of the human health effects of hazardous wastes. Activists inserted their position into an ongoing scientific controversy where multiple epidemiologies existed--environmental, dumpsite, and popular--reflecting various understandings and interests of federal and academic epidemiologists, …
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Management to facilitate compliance with global conventions during hazardous and toxic waste cleanup projects in Asia
The management of hazardous and toxic waste projects in Asia (especially that related to intractable chemicals) has had a less than acceptable performance profile during the last 20 years. There have been numerous documented cases of management and systems failures in intractable chemical recovery …
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Modeling of Parallel Plate Electrochemical Reactors and Liquid Tin Anode Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
… sites are now undergoing remediation to remove toxic waste that has managed to make it into the ecosystem. One way to remediate the toxic waste is to use electrochemical reactions to convert the toxic waste into a naturally occurring non toxic species through use of a parallel plate …
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The kinetics and mechanisms of the gas-phase pyrolysis of environmentally significant organochlorine compounds
… processes, either through inclusion in domestic waste or as components of toxic waste materials.<br/><br/>To develop the technique of pulse stirred-flow to the area of organochlorine pyrolyses as an inexpensive, relatively simple and effective method of mechanistic investigation.
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Design and manufacture of a low-cost mechanism for compacting used oil filters
… 80% of used filters thrown into landfills, this waste represents a significant toxic waste problem for the country. There are a number of economic and technological challenges in improving the overall rate of proper disposal of these filters, one of which is a recycling and disposal system that …
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Resistance and waste work: Women’s environmentalism in Southern Italy
… how the implementation of the European Union Waste Directives is shaping gender and ethnic relationships in the region of Campania, Italy, an area with an extensive history of illegal dumping and toxic waste contamination. Through ethnographic and archival methods, I examine how women of …
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Queridas compañeras: memoria, cuidado y afecto en la casa del Watu
… with residents affected by the rupture of a toxic waste dam in November 2015. The methodology that makes up this research is mainly inscribed in the field of practices situated in the geographical context, with the interest of providing support and care to Thalena, Vó Hilda, Terezinha and …
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Nuclear, A Climate Opportunity
… the lowest land use and produces the least toxic waste, until fusion becomes available. A world where we would have infinite power, at zero cost and zero climate impact. Imagine.
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Probing Convergence in Orthogonal Conjugated Catalysis by T4 Lysozyme Utilizing Biophysical Characterization
… solvents or metal-based catalysts yielding toxic waste streams. To remedy this, enzymes have emerged as a highly valuable alternative to synthesizing these polymers as they are able to be produced in environmentally benign conditions and have played a pivotal role in various biosynthetic …
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Three screening tests used to evaluate groundwater quality
… contamination due to materials leaching from toxic waste disposal sites and other sources has had a sobering impact on society. The rash of unexpected contamination has led to a plethora of legislation designed to address this problem. Along with this legislation has come the need to be able …
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Application of trace analysis and chemometrics to environmental problems
… factor. This group was in the vicinity of a toxic waste incinerator.<br/><br/>The final section attempted to investigate nitrated polyaromatic hydrocarbons in the same area. Whilst an extremely sensitive analytical procedure was developed it was found that the sub parts per billion levels of …
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BIOTRANSFORMATION AND MUTAGENICITY OF BENZIDINE
… compound. Bacteria were collected from sites of toxic waste dumping and from estuarine, lake, and ocean locations. Sediment and water samples as well as bacterial isolates were incubated in media containing 100 (mu)g ml('-1 14)C(U)-benzidine (specific activity 6.76 mCi/mmol) supplemented with …
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Chemical profiling and environmental modelling of waste from clandestine methylamphetamine laboratories
… manufacture of MA produces large amounts of waste: one kilogram of MA produces five to seven kilograms of toxic waste, which is illegally disposed of in a number of different ways, creating a source of pollution. MA waste contains many harmful components, however it has never been …
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Simplified Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers Enabled via 1,4-Dihydropyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole
… from numerous synthetic steps, generation of toxic waste, and harsh reaction conditions all of which impart additional costs that inhibit their widespread utilization. Therefore, an emphasis on reducing synthetic complexity and utilizing abundant, commercially available starting materials is …
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Application of geographic information system technology to the recognition of prospecting targets in the eastern half of the Tucson Quadrangle, Arizona
… defining targets of other kinds, from sites for toxic waste disposal to candidates for mass marketing. Success of the applications is measured by their ability to reduce the exploration area while retaining a high proportion of the known mineral deposits that provide an estimate of the …
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Field threshold measures for canine olfaction
… portable, and effective detection technology for toxic waste sites a necessity. Current methods are expensive, cumbersome, and often only marginally effective. This project was designed as a first step in a programmatic approach to explore the feasibility of using dogs to locate, delineate, and …
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Parametric study of heavy metal partitioning in a pilot scale incinerator burning simulated municipal solid waste
… is a combustion process used to convert toxic waste to benign gases and residue in presence of excess air. The products of the incineration process are bottom ash, fly ash and the flue gas. Most of the metal-based phases formed in incineration are toxic and their emissions need to be …
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Aspects of medical waste disposal in the Cape Peninsula
Hazardous waste management practices at ten medical institutions in Cape Town were studied and tests undertaken to determine concentrations of specific chemicals and radioactivity in liquid effluent outflows, as well as emissions from incinerators. To investigate the sewage outflow for Chemical …
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