Hazardous Waste Management and Health Risks presents a systematic overview of evaluating solid and hazardous waste management practices. The book introduces readers to the basic principles of hazardous waste management and progresses into related topics that allow managers to assess environmental quality. These topics include heavy metal pollution, reproductive biomarkers as signals of environmental pressure and health risks, and environmental contamination in an international perspective. With an emphasis on sustainable development throughout the text, a zero-waste strategy as an alternative way to manage hazardous waste is suggested in a dedicated chapter.
This reference book is intended as an introductory guide for managers taking waste management training courses and students involved in degree courses related to environmental engineering and management.
This reference book is intended as an introductory guide for managers taking waste management training courses and students involved in degree courses related to environmental engineering and management.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
- Introduction
- Notes
- Consent for Publication
- Conflict of Interest
- Acknowledgements
- References
Chapter 2 Hazardous Waste and Its Management
- Introduction
- Hazardous Waste
- Hazardous Waste Definition
- Exclusive List System
- Inclusive List System
- Characteristic Hazardous Waste
- Hazardous Waste Generation and Impacts
- Hazardous Waste Management
- Landfill Disposal of Hazardous Waste
- Landfill Disposal
- Methods of Landfill Disposal
- Selection of the Site
- Problems with Landfill Disposal
- Incineration of Hazardous Waste
- Methods of Incineration
- Site Selection Models
- Site Selection
- Status of Hazardous Waste Management
- Conclusion
- Consent for Publication
- Conflict of Interest
- Acknowledgements
- References
Chapter 3 Hazardous Waste and Its Associated Health Risks
- Introduction
- Hazardous Waste: Identification and Classification
- Hazardous Waste: Impact on Health
- Hazardous Waste: Management and Disposal
- Conclusion
- Consent for Publication
- Conflict of Interest
- Acknowledgements
- Gabriella Marfe, Stefania Perna and Carla Di Stefano
- Gabriella Marfe, Stefania Perna1 and Carla Di Stefano
- Rishi Rana and Rajiv Ganguly
- References
Chapter 4 Biological Effects of Hazardous Waste: Threshold Limits of Anomalies and Protective Approaches
- Introduction
- The Threshold of Hazardous Materials in the Biological Systems 64
- Chemicals of Public Health Concern and Properties of Hazardous
- Wastes
- Nuclear Or Radioactive Waste
- Relationship of Hazardous Wastes and Cancer Mortality
- Reproductive Effects
- Health and Safety of Workers
- Biological Impacts Associated with Hazardous Wastes
- Genetics Effects
- Cytotoxic Mechanisms of Hazardous Wastes
- The Remediation of Undesirable Effects of Hazardous Wastes On
- Human Health
- Green Chemistry As a New Trend of Remediation
- Conclusions
- Consent for Publication
- Conflict of Interest
- Acknowledgements
- References
Chapter 5 Heavy Metal Pollution: Sources, Effects, and Control Methods
- Introduction
- Sources of Heavy Metals
- Effect on Human Health
- Removal Methods
- Conclusion
- Consent for Publication
- Conflict of Interest
- Acknowledgement
- References
Chapter 6 Reproductive Biomarkers As Early Indicators for Assessing Environmental Health Risk
- Introduction
- The Challenges of Contaminated Sites Remediation
- Biomarkers for the Evaluation of Health Risk
- Biomarkers’ Interpretation
- Biomarkers’ Benefits
- Biomarkers’ Classification in the Interaction Between Organism and Contaminant
- Specificity of the Response
- Biomarkers As a Diagnostic Tool
- From Biomarkers to Sentinel Organs to Detect Earliest Risk
- Indexes
- Amal I. Hassan and Hosam M. Saleh
- Sunil Jayant Kulkarni
- Luigi Montano
- The Impact of Contaminants on the Male Reproductive System: The
- Sentinel Organs
- Epigenetic Damages of Environmental Contaminants: the Sperm
- Epigenome
- Human Semen: Environmental and Health Marker
- Conclusion
- Consent for Publication
- Conflict of Interest
- Acknowledgements
- References
Chapter 7 Hazardous Waste, Health Problems, and Personal Wellbeing: An International Perspective
- Introduction
- Definition of Terms
- Hazardous Waste
- Health Problems Associated with Hazardous Waste
- Personal Well-Being
- Hazardous Waste Crises, Sustainable Economic Development, and Environmental Health 148
- Sustainable Economic Development
- Environmental Health
- Hazardous Waste Crises & Radioactive Accidents in Industrialized and Developing
- Societies
- Hazardous Waste, Intellectual Development, Mental Illness and Subjective Well-Being
- The Way Forward to Reduce the Impact of Hazardous Waste on Physical Health, Mental
- Health, Intellectual Development and Personal Wellbeingg
- Concluding Remarks
- Consent for Publication
- Conflict of Interest
- Acknowledgements
- References
Chapter 8 Zero Waste Management As Key Factor for Sustainable Development
- Objective Within the Global Initiatives for Sustainable
- Development
- The Un Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development
- The Historical Background
- Main Features of the Agenda 2030
- “Vision”
- “A Call for Action to Change Our World”
- The Sustainable Development Goals (Sdgs)
- The Links with Zero Waste Initiatives
- Waste Management in Light of the Sdgs
- Sustainable Waste Management
- The Concept of Sustainable Waste Management
- Zero Waste As the Ideal Concept in Sustainable Waste
- Management
- The Concept of Zero Waste
- James G. Linn, Debra R. Wilson, Jorge Chuaqui and Thabo T. Fako
- Gabriella Marfe, Carla Di Stefano and Arturo Hermann
- Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (Weee) in Zero Waste
- Strategy
- Zero Waste Practices Across the World
- Zero Waste Practices in Developing Countries
- Conclusions
- Consent for Publication
- Conflict of Interest
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Subject Index
Author
- Gabriella Marfe
- Carla Di Stefano
