Environmental Management and Health: Volume 3 Issue 4

Highlights I. Electrical Safety Standards: US and International Are Different II. Medical Waste Management Act of California

J.G. Llaurado

I. Describes the background to the standards. Outlines the detailsof the AAMI′s Safe Current Limits for Electromedical Equipmentand the debate concerning whether US standards…

Policy Making in the Resources Policy Arena

Ralph J.K. Chapman

Discusses natural resources policy‐making issues in the context ofexpectations about the work of the Australian Resource AssessmentCommission and its performance so far. For…

Biodegradation of Sewage Sludge: Toxic Effects of Heavy Metals

Fayza A. Nasr, Hussein I. Abdel Shafy

Investigates the fate and toxicity of continuous feeding withincreasing dosage of heavy metal ions – Cu, Pb, Zn, Cr(VI) –on biogas production from anaerobic digestion of sewage…

Nutrient Mobilization from Vegetation: Stemflow and Canopy Throughfall

F.B. Pyatt

Investigates the effects of acid precipitation on nutrientmobilization in vegetation, in the Nottingham (UK) area near a largecoal‐fired power station. In stem flow and canopy…