The toxic release inventory: Fact or fiction? A case study of the primary aluminum industry

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 296-307

  Koehler, Dinah A ^a,b   Spengler, John D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; QUALITY CONTROL;

% REDUCTIONS; ALUMINUM INDUSTRY; CASE-STUDIES; CHEMICAL EMISSIONS; COMMAND AND CONTROL; MANUFACTURING FACILITY; PRIMARY ALUMINUM; PUBLIC SCRUTINY; TOXIC CHEMICALS; TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

1 NITROPYRENE; 3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; 5 METHYLCHRYSENE; 7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; ACRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[J]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[RST]PENTAPHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CARCINOGEN; CHRYSENE; CHRYSENE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZO[A,E]FLUORANTHENE; DIBENZO[A,E]PYRENE; DIBENZO[A,H]PYRENE; DIBENZO[A,L]PYRENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ACRIDINE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; DIBENZ[A,J]ACRIDINE; FLUORANTHENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PAH; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION POLICY; TOXIC MATERIAL;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METAL INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547942681     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.09.025     Document Type: Article

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