The Impact of Pollution Prevention on Toxic Environmental Releases from U.S. Manufacturing Facilities

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 12951-12957

  Ranson, Matthew ^a   Cox, Brendan ^a   Keenan, Cheryl ^a   Teitelbaum, Daniel ^b  

^a AA Inc   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INVENTORY CONTROL; POLLUTION;

DIFFERENCES-IN-DIFFERENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; MANUFACTURING FACILITY; MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATIONS; TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORIES; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; HUMAN; INVENTORY CONTROL; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; POLLUTION; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

UNITED STATES;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 84946595304     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02367     Document Type: Article

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