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Health and Safety
There are health and safety risks associated with managing wastes.

Composting

Sewage sludge
Materials address reports of illness from neighbors to some sludge application sites.

Materials address health concerns including potential exposure to pathogens in compost as well as air emissions from the composting process.

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Composting

Compost Facilities: Health Studies. Literature review, 2007.
Compost Facilities: Off-Site Air Emissions and Health. Literature review, 2007.
Composting Health Considerations. 1p discussion, 1996.
Health & Safety Guidance for Composting in the School Setting. 2p illustrated fact sheetsheet, 2005.
Hygienic Implications of Small Scale Composting in New York State. 71p report on home compost quality, 2004.
Health & Safety Guidance for Small Scale Composting. 2p illustrated fact sheet, 2004.
Municipal Yard Waste Composting: Operator's fact sheet.
Health & Safety Precautions. 1p discussion addressing compost workers, 1995 updated 2000.

Sewage sludge

Compost Air Emissions Health Studies. Literature review, 2007.
Compost Facilities: Off-Site Air Emissions and Health. Literature review, 2007.
Investigation of Alleged Sludge Health Incidents Associated with Land Application of Sewage Sludges. 22p article published in New Solutions 12(4):387-408, 2002
Sewage Biosolids Land Application: Reported Health Incidents. 2p summary of health investigations and link to a matrix of locations of incidents and symptoms reported, 2007.

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