Open dumping site in Asian developing countries: A potential source of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans

• Main Authors: Minh, Nguyen Hung, Minh, Tu Binh, Watanabe, Mafumi, Kunisue, Tatsuya, Monirith, In, Tanabe, Shinsuke, Sakai, Shinichi, Subramanian, Annamalai, Sasikumar, Karuppian, Viet, Pham Hung, Tuyen, Bui Cach, Tana, Touch S., Prudente, Maricar S.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2003
• Subjects: Sanitary landfills > Asia; Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans; Pollution > Asia; Environmental Health
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3602; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/4604/type/native/viewcontent/es026078s.html
• Institution: De La Salle University

Open landfill dumping areas for municipal wastes in Asian developing countries have recently received particular attention with regard to environmental pollution problems. Because of the uncontrolled burning of solid wastes, elevated contamination by various toxic chemicals including dioxins and rel...