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WASTE DISPOSAL SITES CONTAMINATED WITH DIOXINS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS
Citation:
Fiedler, H. AND O. Hutzinger. WASTE DISPOSAL SITES CONTAMINATED WITH DIOXINS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/6-90/010.
Description:
A survey of waste disposal sites contaminated with polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDDs/PCDFs) was conducted as a contribution to the Pilot Study on International Information Exchange on Dioxins and Related Compounds. he report discusses environmental contamination problems arising from the disposal of wastes from a variety of industrial processes, including residues from pesticide/herbicide production, fly ash from incinerators, and other chlorophenol wastes. he study describes case studies from the Federal Republic of Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands; however, the data are relatively limited.