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Preface H E A L T H AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS associated with hazardous wastes and their management continue to challenge society in everincreasing dimensions. Public concern over the discovery of contaminated soils, sediments, and groundwater aquifers due to past hazardous waste disposal practices has heightened, and remedial activity continues at a rapid pace. These activities, however, have not yielded completely satisfactory solutions because of the difficulty of applying conventional treatment technologies to waste sources in uncertain and complex environmental media. The symposium on which this volume is based attracted a diverse audience specializing in technologies for hazardous waste management. From the approximately 242 presentations, 100 final manuscripts were submitted for review. The 18 chapters chosen for this volume were selected on the basis of peer review, scientific and technical merit, innovation, and the editors' perceptions of applicability and significance on both a short- and long-term basis. This volume is a continuation of the Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management theme initiated with ACS Symposium Series No. 422 in 1990, No. 468 in 1991, and No. 518 in 1993, all of which focus on developments related to advances in hazardous waste management at the time. The content of this volume extends into complementary areas with new information and applications not previously emphasized. Highlighted are the changing diverse approaches to some of the most challenging current problems and their solutions. This volume offers an overall introduction to the field of hazardous waste management within the various environmental phases and affords an opportunity to read works by experts possessing broad disciplinary credentials.
Acknowledgments Several sponsors provided support for the symposium on which this volume is based. We specifically acknowledge with grateful appreciation Merck & Co., Inc.; the Ford Motor Company; and the National Registry of Environmental Professionals, represented by Valcar A. Bowman. In addition, we thank Wallace W. Schulz for his assistance in the peer review process. D. WILLIAM TEDDER
FREDERICK G. POHLAND
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0100
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15261-2294
December 3, 1993 ix Tedder and Pohland; Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management IV ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1994.
