Health Risks Of Toxic Emissions From A Coal Fired Power Plant

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Health Risks Of Toxic Emissions From A Coal Fired Power Plant

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Author : Joseph George Bolten
language : en
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Release Date : 1987

Health Risks Of Toxic Emissions From A Coal Fired Power Plant written by Joseph George Bolten and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Medical categories.

This report is the fifth in a series dealing with the human health risks of toxic substances emitted by coal-fired power plants. It summarizes two earlier studies that examined selenium and beryllium discharges from a power plant in Pennsylvania (the Montour Steam Electric Station operated by Pennsylvania Power and Light Company). The authors extend the earlier analysis to include calculation of pollutant exposure associated with consumption of animal and vegetable products raised in the region surrounding the Montour plant. Specifically, they calculate how much the incidence of cancer and selenosis might increase in the regional population that consumes drinking water or fish from the Susquehanna River or any of several animal or vegetable products raised in the region. The results indicate that Montour selenium and beryllium discharges should have a negligible effect on the incidence of selenosis and cancer in the regional population.

Risk Cost Assessment Methodology For Toxic Pollutants From Fossil Fuel Power Plants

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Author : Joseph George Bolten
language : en
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Release Date : 1983

Risk Cost Assessment Methodology For Toxic Pollutants From Fossil Fuel Power Plants written by Joseph George Bolten and has been published by RAND Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Coal-fired power plants categories.

Risk assessment of toxic pollutants has received increasing attention in recent years. This report describes the development and application of a general methodology for assessing the control costs and chronic health risks of toxic pollutant emissions from coal-fired electric power plants. The approach emphasizes surface water discharges and pollution, but it incorporates emissions to air, water, soil, and groundwater and transfers of pollutants between these media. This report provides a basic overview of the methodology, discusses its various components in detail, and describes its application to a simplified case study.

Clean Electricity Through Advanced Coal Technologies

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Author : Nicholas P Cheremisinoff
language : en
Publisher: William Andrew
Release Date : 2012-10-18

Clean Electricity Through Advanced Coal Technologies written by Nicholas P Cheremisinoff and has been published by William Andrew this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-18 with Technology & Engineering categories.

Coal power is a major cause of air pollution and global warming and has resulted in the release of toxic heavy metals and radionuclides, which place communities at risk for long-term health problems. However, coal-fired power plants also currently fuel 41% of global electricity. Clean Electricity Through Advanced Coal Technologies discusses the environmental issues caused by coal power, such as air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and toxic solid wastes. This volume focuses on increasingly prevalent newer generation technologies with smaller environmental footprints than the existing coal-fired infrastructure throughout most of the world. These technologies include fluidized-bed combustion and gasification. It also provides an overview of carbon capture and sequestration technologies and closely examines the 2008 Kingston TVA spill, the largest fly ash release ever to have occurred in the United States. Each volume of the Handbook of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production covers manufacturing technologies, waste management, pollution issues, methods for estimating and reporting emissions, treatment and control techniques, worker and community health risks, cost data for pollution management, and cleaner production and prevention options. Discusses the environmental impact of coal power, including air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and solid toxic wastes Focuses on newer coal technologies with smaller environmental footprints than existing infrastructure Provides an overview of carbon capture and sequestration technologies

Health Impacts Of Pm 2 5 Associated With Power Plant Emissions

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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004

Health Impacts Of Pm 2 5 Associated With Power Plant Emissions written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Science categories.

Struggling For Air

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Author : Richard Revesz
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2015-12-08

Struggling For Air written by Richard Revesz and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-08 with Law categories.

Since the beginning of the Obama Administration, conservative politicians have railed against the President's "War on Coal." As evidence of this supposed siege, they point to a series of rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency that aim to slash air pollution from the nation's power sector . Because coal produces far more pollution than any other major energy source, these rules are expected to further reduce its already shrinking share of the electricity market in favor of cleaner options like natural gas and solar power. But the EPA's policies are hardly the "unprecedented regulatory assault " that opponents make them out to be. Instead, they are merely the latest chapter in a multi-decade struggle to overcome a tragic flaw in our nation's most important environmental law. In 1970, Congress passed the Clean Air Act, which had the remarkably ambitious goal of eliminating essentially all air pollution that posed a threat to public health or welfare. But there was a problem: for some of the most common pollutants, Congress empowered the EPA to set emission limits only for newly constructed industrial facilities, most notably power plants. Existing plants, by contrast, would be largely exempt from direct federal regulation-a regulatory practice known as "grandfathering." What lawmakers didn't anticipate was that imposing costly requirements on new plants while giving existing ones a pass would simply encourage those old plants to stay in business much longer than originally planned. Since 1970, the core problems of U.S. environmental policy have flowed inexorably from the smokestacks of these coal-fired clunkers, which continue to pollute at far higher rates than their younger peers. In Struggling for Air, Richard L. Revesz and Jack Lienke chronicle the political compromises that gave rise to grandfathering, its deadly consequences, and the repeated attempts-by presidential administrations of both parties-to make things right.

Risks Of Hazardous Wastes

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Author : Paul E. Rosenfeld
language : en
Publisher: William Andrew
Release Date : 2011-03-22

Risks Of Hazardous Wastes written by Paul E. Rosenfeld and has been published by William Andrew this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-22 with Technology & Engineering categories.

Hazardous waste in the environment is one of the most difficult challenges facing our society. The purpose of this book is to provide a background of the many aspects of hazardous waste, from its sources to its consequences, focusing on the risks posed to human health and the environment. It explains the legislation and regulations surrounding hazardous waste; however, the scope of the book is much broader, discussing agents that are released into the environment that might not be classified as hazardous waste under the regulatory system, but nonetheless pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. It provides a background of some of the major generators of hazardous wastes, explains the pathways by which humans and wildlife are exposed, and includes discussion of the adverse health effects linked to these pollutants. It provides numerous case studies of hazardous waste mismanagement that have led to disastrous consequences, and highlights the deficiencies in science and regulation that have allowed the public to be subjected to myriad potentially hazardous agents. Finally, it provides a discussion of measures that will need to be taken to control society’s hazardous waste problem. This book was designed to appeal to a wide range of audiences, including students, professionals, and general readers interested in the topic. Provides information about sources of and health risks posed by hazardous waste Explains the legislation and regulations surrounding hazardous waste Includes numerous case studies of mismanagement, highlights deficiencies in science and regulation and discusses measures to tackle society’s hazardous waste problems

Health Risk From A Coal Tar Disposal Site

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Author : Joseph George Bolten
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988-01-01

Health Risk From A Coal Tar Disposal Site written by Joseph George Bolten and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-01-01 with Coal-tar categories.

This report is part of a series that develops and applies a general methodology for assessing the chronic health risks of toxic pollutant emissions. It applies the general framework and the computer program WTRISK to a study of a coal tar disposal site. The study investigates the potential health risks associated with emissions of organic chemicals from the site. However, because the analysis was intended to demonstrate an approach as well as to investigate the risk, only five pollutants were examined. The results show that, in general, emissions of those five pollutants pose little risk to the surrounding environment and population. The authors caution that very little information is available for many of the chemicals present in coal tars, making it difficult to assess the potential health hazards of coal tar deposits in general.

Waste Incineration And Public Health

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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2000-10-21

Waste Incineration And Public Health written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-10-21 with Science categories.

Incineration has been used widely for waste disposal, including household, hazardous, and medical wasteâ€"but there is increasing public concern over the benefits of combusting the waste versus the health risk from pollutants emitted during combustion. Waste Incineration and Public Health informs the emerging debate with the most up-to-date information available on incineration, pollution, and human healthâ€"along with expert conclusions and recommendations for further research and improvement of such areas as risk communication. The committee provides details on: Processes involved in incineration and how contaminants are released. Environmental dynamics of contaminants and routes of human exposure. Tools and approaches for assessing possible human health effects. Scientific concerns pertinent to future regulatory actions. The book also examines some of the social, psychological, and economic factors that affect the communities where incineration takes place and addresses the problem of uncertainty and variation in predicting the health effects of incineration processes.

Coal Fired Electricity And Emissions Control

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-05

Coal Fired Electricity And Emissions Control written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05 with categories.

The most abundant energy source in our world is coal. Coal-fired power generation comes with significant costs to environment and human health. The water runoff from coal washeries carries pollution loads of heavy metals that contaminate ground water, rivers, and lakes e thus affecting aquatic flora and fauna. Fly-ash residue and pollutants contaminate soil and are especially harmful to agricultural activities. Most importantly for human health, combustion of coal releases emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and various trace metals like mercury, into the air through stacks that can disperse this pollution over large areas. All educated people in the world are worried about the environmental problems caused by coal based power plants. The burning of coal adds mainly to increase acid rain and hence increase air pollution which in turn is a cause of global warming, harm to flora and fauna and damage of property. Environmental regulations for coal-fired power plants in the world cover a comprehensive range of very tedious requirements. New regulations were implemented from 2014 in China, USA and European Union which fixed the `emission limits¿ very low for SO2 , NOx, mercury particulate for coal-fired power generation plants. Now it is the time to evaluate emission control technologies whether the technologies can be helpful in achieving the new lower emission limits. Coal-fired Electricity and Emissions Control covers innovative trends and reviews dealing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and nitric oxide (NO) from thermal power plants and its control strategy. The analysis shows that aggressive pollution control regulations such as mandating flue gas desulfurization, introduction and tightening of emission standards for all criteria pollutants, and updating procedures for environment impact assessments, are imperative for regional clean air and to reduce health impacts. It presents insights into the coal fired power plants using modern technologies pollute less than firstborn designs due to these new technologies that filter the flue gases in stacks; however various pollutants are still being emitted in several times higher amounts than natural gas based and other power plants.

The Health Hazards Of Not Going Nuclear

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Author : Petr Beckmann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976

The Health Hazards Of Not Going Nuclear written by Petr Beckmann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Technology & Engineering categories.

Discusses many issues relating to the safety of nuclear energy and the safety problems of alternative energy sources that are not widely publicized.