World Health Organization : (Emro) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Year 1993, Veterinary Public Health, Report No. 7-E: Regional Consultation on Prevention and Control of Brucellosis

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Title:	World Health Organization : (Emro) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Year 1993, Veterinary Public Health, Report No. 7-E: Regional Consultation on Prevention and Control of Brucellosis
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foreword v 1 . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . Waste and Incineration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1 Types and characteristics of waste . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.1.1 Municipal solid waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1.2 Municipal sewage sludge . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.2 Incinerators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.2.1 Solid waste incineration . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.2.2 Municipal sewage sludge incineration . . . . . 11 2.2.3 Incinerator emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2.2.4 Maintenance of optimum operating conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 . Formation and Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3.1 Theories of formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3.2 Emission levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3.3 Government regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4. Health-related Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.1' Environmental pathways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.2 Uptake andmetabolism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 4.3 Toxicity data and biological effects in laboratory animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4.4 The concept of 2.3.7. 8-TCDD equivalents . . . . . . . . 29 4.5 Human health effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30