Sydney tar ponds: Some problems in quantifying toxic waste

Environmental Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 872-879

  Furimsky, Edward ^a  

^a IMAF Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminated site clean up; Hazardous waste management; Sydney tar ponds

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); SLAGS; SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS; VEGETATION;

PONDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ARSENIC; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUND WATER; LEAD; METAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SURFACE WATER; TAR; TOLUENE; XYLENE; HYDROCARBON;

CLEANUP; REMEDIATION; TOXIC MATERIAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACCURACY; CANADA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FURNACE; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SLAG; SOIL; TOXIC WASTE; VEGETATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION;

CANADA;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HYDROCARBONS; NOVA SCOTIA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 0036885735     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2649-z     Document Type: Review

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