Making decisions about hazardous waste remediation when even considering a remediation technology is controversial

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1485-1492

  Wolfe, Amy K ^a   Bjornstad, David J ^a   Kerchner, Nichole D ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; REMEDIATION; WASTES;

HAZARDOUS WASTE REMEDIATION;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

DECISION MAKING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; REMEDIATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; TECHNOLOGY;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; TECHNOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

ARENA;

EID: 0037446809     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es015659z     Document Type: Article

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