Preliminary evaluation of risks related to waste incineration of polymer nanocomposites

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 417-418, Issue , 2012, Pages 76-86

  Roes, Lex ^a   Patel, Martin K ^a   Worrell, Ernst ^a   Ludwig, Christian ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Municipal solid waste incineration; Nanoobject emissions; Nanoobject toxicity; Polymer nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDES; EMISSION LEVEL; HUMAN HEALTH; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; NANO-OBJECTS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT;

CARBON BLACK; CLAY MINERALS; COBALT; GAS PLANTS; HEALTH RISKS; INCINERATION; MICA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICA; TITANIUM; TITANIUM OXIDES; TOXICITY; ZINC OXIDE; ZIRCONIA;

WASTE INCINERATION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BLACK CARBON; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON NANOTUBE; COBALT; FULLERENE; GOLD; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MICA; MONTMORILLONITE; NANOCOMPOSITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER; TALC; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

EMISSION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLYMER; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXICITY; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INCINERATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84857032012     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.030     Document Type: Article

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