New appraisals of the toxicity equivalences for dioxins/furans and also for PCBs as made by the WHO, and their consequences on the emissions from waste incineration;Neue bewertung bei den toxizitätsäiquivalenten für dioxine/furane und für PCB durch die WHO. Auswirkungen auf die emissionen aus der abfallverbrennung

Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 175-180

  Johnke, Bernt ^a   Menke, Doris ^b   Böske, Jurgen ^c  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b MVR Hamburg   (Germany)

^c MVA Bielefeld Herford   (Germany)

Author keywords

17. BImSchV; PCDD; PCDF; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxines (PCDD); Polychlorinated dibenzofuranes (PCDF); Toxicity equivalence factors (TEFs); Waste incineration plants; WHO; WHO TEF reappraisal; World Health Organisation

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INCINERATION; MEASUREMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0034956712     PISSN: 09343504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03038081     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. WHO revises the Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) for dioxins, Risk Assessment and Management
2. TEF's: Alternatives and future directions, Risk Assessment and Management
3. Dioxin emission behavior in MSW incinerator designed after Japanese guidelines for controlling dioxin
4. Toxic Equivalency Factors (TEFs) for PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFs for humans and wildlife
5. PCDD/PCDF, PCB, Chlorobenzene, and Chlorophenol emissions of a municipal solid waste incineration plant (MSWI)