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HAZARDOUS WASTE HANDBOOK
Hazardous Waste Handbook
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Third Edition

By
John Lippitt, Lippitt Consulting
Paul Webb
William Martin, PE-Environmental Health Engineer, Health and Safety Consultant

Description
Hazardous Waste Handbook 3E offers a straightforward approach to protecting workers who clean up the nation's hazardous waste sites and chemical spills. Supervisors and site inspectors will find this handbook very useful in answering occupational health questions at the work site. The manual covers such topics as site characterization, air monitoring, personal protective equipment, decontamination, and site emergencies. Numerous health and safety checklists, hazardous-chemical data sheets, and personal protective equipment recommendations are presented for field decisions. The goal of the book is to provide practical information on protecting workers while also containing the high cost of hazardous chemical waste cleanups.

Audience
Environmental health and safety managers-student and professional Industrial hygienists and municipal waste-handling, transport, and disposal staff

Contents
Introduction; Hazards; Planning and Organization; Site Characterization; Air Monitoring; Personal Protective Equipment; Site Control and Work Practices; Decontamination; Site Emergencies; Medical Monitoring Program; Training; Appendices; Index.

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 288 pages, publication date: AUG-2000
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-7135-4
ISBN-10: 0-7506-7135-1
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN

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Last update: 7 Sep 2009
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