The semiconductor industry has the highest revenue and developmental potential in Taiwan. Pollution caused by this industry is not yet understood. Nevertheless, related health and environmental risks, however, from this type of economic activity certainly need to be considered in any study about environmental protection (Edelman 1990). Previous research has often used human cells (Kuroda et al....

Guiding by the view of science-based development, the ecological tax system which also possesses the benefits of encouragement and financing capital should be gradually established, so the material benefits can stimulate and drive that the social pollution costs are translated into production costs and market price, and the policy and law objectives to control ecological pollution and improve e...

Although ecological risk assessments (ERAs) and natural resource damage assessments (NRDAs) are performed under different statutory and regulatory authorities, primarily the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), as currently practiced, the activities typically overlap. ERAs performed as part of the response process (typically by the US Environmental Prot...

The purpose and the initial research plan for the UCR EPA chamber was described in detail the report and draft research plan that was submitted to the EPA and the RRWG early in 2002. Updates to the progress on this project are given in a report submitted in August, 2002, immediately prior to the last RRWG meeting. Progress and current status of the project was also discussed with the RRWG Advis...

China’s cement production has been the highest worldwide for decades and contributes significant environmental pollution. Using a non-radical DEA model with slacks-based measure (SBM), this paper analyzes the environmental efficiency of China’s listed cement companies. The results suggest that the average mean of the environmental efficiency for the listed cement enterprises shows a decreasing ...

MARGA OORTGIESEN,1 BELLINA VERONESI,2 GARY EICHENBAUM,3 PATRICK F. KISER,3 AND SIDNEY A. SIMON1 1Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurobiology and 3Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham 27710; and 2Neurotoxicology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, ...

Although this document was produced with partial funding by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Assistance Award CR–83234701 to the Health Effects Institute, it has not been subjected to the Agency’s peer and administrative review and therefore may not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency, and no official endorsement by it should be inferred. The contents of this docu...