Biosolids applied to land : advancing standards and practices /

" ... this report ... searched for evidence on human health effects related to biosolids exposure and the technical methods and approaches used by EPA to establish its human-health-based chemical and pathogen standards for biosolids."--P. xi.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Toxicants and Pathogens in Biosolids Applied to Land
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2002]
Subjects:	Land treatment of wastewater. Sewage sludge > Management. Sewage disposal in the ground > Health aspects. Sewage disposal plants > Standards > United States. Health risk assessment > United States. Environmental Health > standards > United States. Sewage > United States. Public Health > standards > United States. Epidemiology. United States.
Online Access:	http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10426 View online version.

Table of Contents:

Abbreviations
Summary
1. Introduction
2. Biosolids management
3. Epidemiological evidence of health effects associated with biosolids production and application
4. Advances in risk assessment since the establishment of the part 503 Rule
5. Evaluation of EPA's approach to setting chemical standards
6. Evaluation of EPA's approach to setting pathogen standards
7. Integration of chemical and pathogen risk assessment
Glossary
Appendixes.