The role of air monitoring techniques in hazardous waste site personnel protection and surveillance strategies.
The single, most basic problem in industrial hygiene at hazardous waste sites is that the materials being handled are of unknown composition. This is almost always true for drum and tank materials at Superfund sites, and frequently true at licensed disposal sites. The consequences of this lack of knowledge, for both the on-site worker and the surrounding community, are reviewed.
Department of Environmental and Industrial Health, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor 48109-2029.
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D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D006256:Hazardous Waste; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011482:Protective Devices; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration
D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D006256:Hazardous Waste