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Start Over Topic dioxins Topic united states. environmental protection agency Region united states Publisher american chemical society
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1. Pulp and paper `cluster rule' called burdensome by industry.

Author

Lavendel, Brian

Subjects
*INDUSTRIAL wastes, *PAPER industry, *PULPWOOD industry, *DIOXINS, *GOVERNMENT policy
Abstract

States that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set effluent limits of dioxin based on the pulp processing technology in issuing rules to control the pulp and paper industry's combined air and water discharges. Details on the final rule; Comments from the EPA; Information on the amount pulp the United States pulp industry produces.

Published
1998
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2. Incinerators targeted by EPA.

Author

Johnson, Jeff

Subjects
*INCINERATORS, *DIOXINS, *GOVERNMENT policy
Abstract

Reports on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) targeting of incinerators for regulatory actions in connection with the agency's findings on the health effects of dioxins. Incinerators as major source of dioxins; Two incinerator types; Proposed standards; Role of chlorine in dioxin production; Emission controls; Recycling option. INSET: What happened to pulp and paper?, by Jeff Johnson..

Published
1995
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3. Finalize The Long-Awaited Dioxin Assessment.

Author

Hileman, Bette

Subjects
*DIOXINS, *RISK assessment of hazardous substances
Abstract

Presents health risk assessment of dioxin by the Science Advisory Board in the United States. Noncancer effects of dioxin on humans; Sources of dioxins in the environment; Regulation of dioxins from the pulp and paper industry by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Published
2000
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