Incinerator stack emissions can be followed either by monitoring gases and particulates leaving the stack or by monitoring deposition in the environment. Monitoring techniques for both are discussed and the particular problems in planning a monitoring programme are highlighted. Factors affecting the possible routes to humans must be considered and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin measurements are briefly mentioned.
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