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Category : Lead abatement
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Urban Soil Lead Abatement Demonstration Project: pt. 1. Boston report
Author: Urban Soil Lead Abatement Demonstration Project
Author: EPA Publications Bibliography
Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Abatement Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Select Revenue MeasuresPublisher:
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Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
EPA National Publications Catalog
Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Community Research in Environmental Health
Author: H. Patricia HynesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351950185
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Interest in environmental health research conducted with community participation has increased dramatically in recent years. In this book, Doug Brugge and H. Patricia Hynes relate experience of multiple community collaborations across the United States and highlight the lessons to be learned for those involved in or embarking on community-collaborative research. The volume brings together a variety of cases, examining the nature and form that the collaboration took, the scientific findings from the work and the ethical issues that needed to be addressed. Actual cases covered include lead contaminated soil, asthma and housing conditions, the impact of development on environmental health, the impact of radiation hazards, urban gardening, hog farming and diesel exhaust. The concluding section analyses the experiences of those involved and puts their findings into broader context. Community Research in Environmental Health: Lessons in Science, Advocacy and Ethics provides a valuable guide for all those interested and involved in community research.
Superfund and Mining Megasites
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309097142
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
For more than 100 years, the Coeur d' Alene River Basin has been known as "The Silver Valley" for being one of the most productive silver, lead, and zinc mining areas in the United States. Over time, high levels of metals (including lead, arsenic, cadmium, and zinc) were discovered in the local environment and elevated blood lead levels were found in children in communities near the metal-refining and smelter complex. In 1983, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listed a 21-square mile mining area in northern Idaho as a Superfund site. EPA extended those boundaries in 1998 to include areas throughout the 1500-square mile area Coeur d'Alene River Basin project area. Under Superfund, EPA has developed a plan to clean up the contaminated area that will cost an estimated $359 million over 3 decades-and this effort is only the first step in the cleanup process. Superfund and Mining Megasites: Lessons from Coeur d'Alene River Basin evaluates the issues and concerns that have been raised regarding EPA's decisions about cleaning up the area. The scientific and technical practices used by EPA to make decisions about human health risks at the Coeur d'Alene River Basin Superfund site are generally sound; however, there are substantial concerns regarding environmental protection decisions, particularly dealing with the effectiveness of long-term plans.
NTIS Alert
Author: Fifty Years of Peeling Away the Lead Paint Problem
Author: David E. JacobsPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0443187371
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
Fifty Years of Peeling Away the Lead Paint Problem: Saving Our Children's Future with Healthy Housing documents the history of childhood lead poisoning from paint between 1970 and 2022. Tracing the failure of the medical model (treatment after exposure) that marked the 1970s and 1980s and its replacement with a prevention housing-focused effort, the book documents the changes in health, housing and environmental science and policy. It is the first book to examine how the lead poisoning law in the U.S. was passed in 1992 and later implemented, with implications for the future, in particular, the emergence of a healthy housing movement. The book describes the roles played by Congress, various administrations, agencies, local governments, the private sector, researchers, and a popular citizen's movement, especially parents. The role of the courts is discussed, including a controversial lead paint case on research ethics in Baltimore through an environmental justice lens. This book is the first to examine another recent case in California, where ten local jurisdictions established a precedent by successfully suing the lead paint industry to help pay for abatement. Elucidates sources and pathways of lead paint exposure Details how the environment, housing and public health sectors can best collaborate with researchers and citizens to develop and implement change in housing and health Contains new stories and archived scientific data not available elsewhere
Haunted Housing
Author: Cassandra Chrones MoorePublisher: Cato Institute
ISBN: 9781882577415
Category : Asbestos
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Author Cassandra Moore argues that we need to apply risk/benefit analysis to the exaggerated toxic scare stories being made today.