The Geographic Distribution of Potential Risks Posed by Industrial Toxic Emissions in the U.S.

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 559-575

  Chakraborty, Jayajit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical weighting; Impact benchmarking; Industrial pollution; Risk ranking; Toxic release inventory

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI);

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; DICHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; TRICHLOROFLUOROMETHANE;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OZONE DEPLETION; OZONE LAYER; POPULATION SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOG; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENCHMARKING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542430214     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ESE-120027725     Document Type: Article

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