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Waste Management & Research 7 (1) : 1989

presence of metals and hydrocarbons . In other studies the oxygen demand of the sediment was critical to the environmental effect of the contaminants present . The final section on risk assessment reviews analytical methods necessary to implement disposal criteria based on the risk to the environment for both land and sea disposal of municipal sewage sludges . The regulations and their implementation are also described for waste disposal and finally the risks associated with viral contamination of drinking water and an assessment of risk . BOOK REVIEW : INCINERATION OF MUNICIPAL WASTE . By R . B . Dean (Ed). Published by Academic Press, London (1988) . 361 pp . Price £20 . This book is a reprint of Waste Management & Research 4(l) and 5(3) which are the proceedings of two specialized seminars on emissions from municipal solid waste incinerators . Particular attention is given to the control of emissions of mercury, cadmium and dioxin .

• INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP on DEGRADATIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR TREATING CHEMICAL WASTES San Miniato (Pisa) June 26-29. 1989 . Recent trends in the field of refractory chemical waste biodegradation will be discussed . Qualified international scientists working in chemistry, molecular biochemistry, microbiology and genetic engineering will take part at the meeting . Applicative aspects regarding full-scale experiments of managed biodegradation in open field as well as analytical methods for detecting polluting substances will also be presented . P . Broda (Manchester), C. Cerniglia (Jefferson, Arkansas), T . Kirk (Madison Wisconsin), J . B . Risalti (Champaign, Illinois), M . Salkinoja Salonen (Helsinki), B . Schink (Tübingen), K . N . Timmis (Braunschweig) are among the scientists who will participate . The number of participants will be limited . The registration fee of 500,000 It .Lires includes all living expenses . Fo further information please contact : Dr . Franca Perghem Dr . Giovanni Vallini Dept. of Chemistry, Soil Microbiology Center, CNR Univ of Florence Via del Borghetto, 80 Via G . Capponi, 7 1-56100 Pisa Italy 1-50121 Florence Italy Tel +39-(50) 571562 Tel . +39-(55)-2476949 Fax +39-(50) 576751 Fax +39-(55)-244102 Telex 570123 CHIMFI