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The health risk assessment and management of contaminated sites : proceedings of a national workshop on the health risk assessment and management of contaminated sites / $c [O. El Saadi, A. Langley, editors]

National Workshop on the Health Risk Assessment and Management of Contaminated Sites (1st : 1991 : Adelaide, S.A.
Books, Manuscripts
Imprint:
Adelaide : South Australian Health Commission, ; Canberra : National Health and Medical Research Council, 1991.
Source:
Contaminated sites monograph series no:1
Collation:
240 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Notes:
Available from Hazardous Sustances Section, SA Health Commissioner, PO Box 65, Rundle Mall SA 5000. Includes bibliographies.
Contents:
A glossary of health risk terms -- the health risk assessment and management of contaminated land -- Directions for assessment of contaminated land -- The political context of the assessment of contaminated sites -- Sampling and statistical analysis for assessing contaminated land sites -- Approaches to analyte selection -- The health risk assessment and management of contaminated land:analytical techniques -- Toxicological issues in risk assessment -- Exposure pathways -- How much soil do children eat? -- Approaches to health-related soil criteria -- Princples for setting soil criteria approaches to soil guidelines - environment -- Technical parameters for soil assessment -- Determining background levels -- Setting response levels for lead-- Response levels for arsenic -- Setting investigation levels for cadmium -- Setting response levels for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons -- Making public consultation work -- Informing the public: when, what, how, who? -- Community involvement in the Port Pirie "lead decontamination programme" -- The role of epidemiology in environmental health monitoring and assessment -- Occupation health and safety aspects of contaminated sites: "how to you protect the worker?" -- Protecting the public --The bioavailability of soil contaminants -- Appendix A.
ISBN:
07243408748 (invalid)
Dewey class:
363.7396
Language:
English
BRN:
348169
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
ResearchTech Book363.7396 HEAAvailable
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