13th International Congress on Combustion By-Products and Their Health Effects

描述(申请人提供)：路易斯安那州立大学提议通过管理在路易斯安那州新奥尔良举行的第13届大会，由路易斯安那州立大学健康科学中心作为当地组织者，继续管理国际燃烧副产品及其对健康的影响。燃烧和热过程的排放一直是超级基金场地和NIEHS补救工作的一个重要问题。由于严格的公众监督，EPA近年来减少了现场受控高温焚烧作为补救技术的使用。然而，它经常被低温热解吸/处理和挥发物质的异地焚烧所取代。所有这些过程都会导致有毒空气污染物的排放，在某些情况下，排放的污染物比现场焚烧更多。此外，还存在意外火灾和交通火灾的风险，这可能会对当地环境造成重大影响。此外，许多超级基金网站包含在处置前或处置过程中被部分焚烧的废物。因此，现场的危险物质是燃烧产生的污染物，值得专门研究，而不是通常提供给最初废弃的材料。本届大会的目标是提供一个国际论坛，讨论燃烧副产物的起源、命运和对健康的影响等话题。大会提出了一个高级学习论坛，重点是国际知名的特邀演讲者、高级科学和工程研究报告以及广泛的海报会议。这一重点为所有参与者提供了广泛的学习经验和知识交流，但主要是为学生提供，并特别强调吸引摘要和鼓励研究生参与。其他与空气污染和燃烧过程相关的论坛没有提供燃烧产生的空气有毒污染物的专业场所，学生研究人员可以在这里展示和分享他们的研究，同时向其他学生和各自领域的领先研究人员学习。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Louisiana State University proposes to provide continuation of the Management of the international Congress on Combustion By-products and Their Health Effects through management of the 13th Congress in New Orleans, Louisiana with the LSU Health Sciences Center as the local organizer. Emissions from the combustion and thermal processes have always been an important issue for the remediation of Superfund sites and NIEHS. The use of on site, controlled, high temperature incineration as a remediation technology has been reduced by EPA in recent years due to intense public scrutiny. However, it has frequently been replaced by low temperature thermal desorption/treatment and off-site incineration of the volatilized materials. All of these processes lead to emissions of toxic air pollutants, in some cases greater than for on-site incineration. In addition there is the risk of accidental fires and transportation fires that can significantly impact the local environment. Furthermore, many Superfund sites contain wastes that were partially burned before or during disposal. Consequently, the hazardous materials at the site are combustion-derived pollutants that deserve specialized study not normally afforded to the originally abandoned material. The goal of this Congress is to provide an international forum to discuss topics on the origins, fate, and health effects of combustion by-products. The Congress proposes a forum for advanced learning through emphasis on internationally-known invited speakers, advanced scientific and engineering research presentations and an extensive poster session. This focus provides an extensive learning experience and knowledge exchange for all participants, but primarily for students, and special emphasis is placed on attracting abstracts and encouraging participation from graduate students. Other forums related to air pollution and combustion processes do not provide the specialty venue of combustion-derived air toxic pollutants from which student researchers can present and share their research while learning from other students as well as leading researchers in their field.