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On Hazardous Waste: Environmental and Health Studies

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2000 PACIFIC BASIN CONFERENCE
Manila, Philippines
12-14 April 2000

List of Papers (Click the title to download the abstract of the paper)

"Environmental Threats to the Health of Children: The Asian Perspective", David
O. Carpenter, M.D., University of Albany

"Waste and Hazardous Substances: Hazardous Substances from Waste
Disposal Facilities
", Masaru Tanaka, Okayama University, Visiting
Professor, Hokkaida University, Japan

"Managing Laboratory Scale Spills of Hazardous Chemicals", Margaret-Ann
Armour, University of Alberta, Canada

"Potential for the Use of Waste Oil in Cement Kilns as the Right Disposal Option
for Sri Lanka
", A.T. Thriruchelvam, Environmental Management Lanka
(Private) Ltd., and A.A.P. de Alwis, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

"A Successful and Sustainable Hazardous Waste Management Technology –
Chromium Recovery and Reuse System in Tanneries of South Asia and
Africa
", S.V. Rajamanickam, S.V.V. Engineering Industries, India

"Study on Charcoal Production with Methane Gas from Landfill Sites", Y. Mori
and Y. Hayashi, OISCA; M. Sawachi, R. Hiraga, T. Yoshikura, I. Abe, H.
Ueda and T. Fujikawa, Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd., Japan

"The RSVMA – The Regional Hazardous Waste Incinerator in Basel", Werner
Wagner, Valorec AG a Novartis Company, Switzerland

"Case Study on Dioxin's Reduction Measures of MSW Incineration Plants in
Japan
", Takashi Miyagawa, Japan Environmental Sanitation Center,
Japan

"Proposed Integrated Hazardous Waste Management Facility for National Capital
Region, Philippines
", Genandrialine L. Peralta, University of the
Philippines and Diosdado C. Doctor, Department of Environment and
Natural Resources, Philippines

"Technology Transfer of Industrial Waste Treatment", Shigeo Fujii, Manufacturers
Association (JEFMA), Japan

"Environmental Due Diligence and Risk Evaluation of International Electric Power
Plant
", K. Ravishankar, Coastal Power Company, USA

"Heavy Metal Chemical Speciation and Leaching Behaviors in Cement Based
Solidified/Stabilized Waste Materials
", Xiandong Li, C.S. Poon, H. Sun,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; I.M.C. Lo, and D.W. Kirk,
University of Toronto, Canada

"Heavy Metals Fixation of Ash Waste from a Steel Industry Into Cement Concrete
and Its Utilization as Building Materials
", Enri Damanhuri and Aksan
Djamal, Department of Environmental Engineering ITB; Dicky R. Munaf,
Department of Civil Engineering ITB, Indonesia

"Comparison of Stabilization of Nickel Bearing Sludge Using Lime and
Solidification Using Lime-Fly Ash
", Petchporn Chawakitchareon and
Tuantek K., Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

"Bioremediation of a Lead-Bearing Industrial Effluent by Synechococcus Aquatilis
(Renaud) Strain SY SN01
", Redentor O. Canoza, Herman D. Mendoza,
Petroceli O. Platon and Ernelea P. Cao, University of the Philippines,
Philippines

"Biotechnological Reduction of Sulfide in Industrial Primary Wastewater
Treatment System – A Sustainable and Successful Case Study
", Dr. S.
Rajamani, Central Leather Research Institute, India

"Biosorption of Cadmium, Zinc and Copper Onto Activated Sewage Sludge
Biomass
", P. Mehenthiran, Rao Bhamidimarri and Ken Butler, Massey
University, New Zealand

"Removal of Chlorophenol by Activated Carbon Adsorption Technique", S.
Rengaraj and Seung-Hyeon Moon, Kwangju Institute of Science and
Technology, Korea; R. Sivabalan, and Banumathi Arabindoo, Anna
University, India

"Municipal Solid Wastes Processing: An Alternative Technology for the
Conversion of Bio-Waste to Organic Fertilizer
", E.V. Casas and J.B.
Reponte, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, Philippines

"Arsenic Poisoning Caused by Residential Coal Combustion in Guizhou
Province, China
", Robert B. Finkelman, and Harvey E. Belkin, U.S.
Geological Survey, VA; and Baoshan Zheng, Institute of Geochemistry,
China

"Monomethylarsonous Acid (MMAIII) in Urine of Humans Exposed to Inorganic
Arsenic", H. Vasken Aposhian, Shiela M. Healy, Robert A. Zakharyan,
Adriana Sampayo-Reyes and Mary M. Aposhian, The University of
Arizona; Anca Gurzau and Eugene S. Gurzau, Environmental Health
Center; X. Chris Le, University of Alberta; Daniel L. Morgan, National
Institute of Environmental Health, William R. Cullen; University of British
Columbia and Diego Gonzales-Ramirez, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro
Social

"Presence of Hazardous Chemicals Known as Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
(EDCs) in the Philippines
", Zenaida B. Catalan and Ben S. Malayang III,
University of the Philippines, Los Banos; Wilfredo F. Sibal, DOST
Regional Office III and Consuelo Tessa M. Sibal, NEDA Regional Office
III, Philippines

"Arsenic in Drinking Water on Health Effects and Its Removal Technology", Bo
Ling, CAPM, China

"Development of a Small-Scale, Simple and Robust Medical Waste Incineration
System
", Albert J. Liem, R. Miller, J. Scoffield and A. Chhibber, Alberta
Research Council, Canada

"The Economy-Ecology Balanced Life Cycle Assessment of Infectious Medical
Waste Treatment Systems in Korea
", Ja-Kong Koo, Jong-Chul Lee and
Dong-Hyuk Kwon, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
Korea

"Disposal of Hazardous Wastes in Selected Hospitals in the Cagayan Valley
Region, Northern Luzon, Philippines
", Eileen Bernardo, Isabela State
University, Philippines

"Environmental Issues in Developing International Electric Power Plants", K.
Ravishankar, Coal Power Company, USA

"Investments for a Cleaner Environment: Issues, Problems and Prospectus
Related to the Financing of a Common Treatment Facility for Toxic and
Hazardous Wastes from the Electroplating Industry in Metro Cebu,
Philippines
", Sol Ebarle, CIDA, Philippines; and Uwe Hanschke CCTFI,
Germany

"From Toxicology of Chemical Mixtures to Gulf War Syndrome", Raymond S.H.
Yang, Colorado State University, USA

"Review of Hazardous Waste Management in Sri Lanka", A.A.P. de Alwis,
National Technical Committee for the Implementation of the Basel
Convention, Sri Lanka

"Generation of Hazardous Sludge from Tannery Effluent Treatment Plants and
Disposal Problem in India
", S. Rajamani, E. Ravindranath, R.Sutahanthara
Rajan, K. Chitra, B. Uma Maheswari and T. Ramasami, Central Leather
Research Institute, India

"Five-Year Planning for the Centralized Disposal of Hazardous Wastes in China",
Ma Hongchang, State Environmental Protection Administration, China

"On Schedule, Eventually: The Story of Gaining Broad Concensus on One of
Australia's Most Intractable Issues
", Peter D. Brotherton, Sustainable
Solutions Pty. Ltd., Australia

"Indicators for Hazardous Waste Management: National Capacities and
Capabilities
", Peter J. Peterson, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,
Malaysia

"Legislation and Environmental Management Aspects of Common Industrial
Waste Treatment Plants for Small Scale Cluster of Tanneries
", R. Ramya
and S. Rajamani, Central Leather Research Institute, India

"Studies on the Hydrocarbon Contamination of Sediments in Manila Bay",
Evangeline C. Santiago, University of the Philippine, Philippines

"Environmental Impacts of Water Desalination Industry in the Arabian Gulf", Hani
A. Abu Qdais, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

 

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