title: Air emissions from municipal waste combustion and their environmental effects.
abstract: This paper addresses risk-assessment estimates associated with air emissions from MWC facilities via the inhalation pathway. Calculations performed address selected chemical constituents with the potential highest human health effects. The calculated carcinogenic risks are small and are well below the EPA acceptable risk of 10(-4). Similarly, the calculated noncarcinogenic risks are well below the acceptable reference dose values. Calculations presented in this paper for selected constituents could be expanded to additional chemical constituents.
authors.affiliation: AWD Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, PA 15276.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roffman
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Roffman
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D002273:Carcinogens; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States; D014484:United States Environmental Protection Agency; D014504:Urban Health
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D002273:Carcinogens