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Landfill Gas Primer
An Overview for Environmental Health Professionals

This primer is designed to provide environmental health professionals with a general understanding of landfill gases and to help them in responding to community concerns that may be related to landfill gas issues. It provides basic information about the composition, formation, and movement of landfill gas. The primer also discusses health and safety issues related to landfill gas, and it provides information about landfill gas monitoring methods and control measures. Finally, the primer presents some basic guidance on how to communicate information about landfill gas issues.

The document can be accessed in either HTML or PDF as listed below.

The PDF format is the best for readers desiring a printed copy of the document.

Cover
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E

(Note: Links to outside organizations that appear throughout the Landfill Gas Primer document are beyond the control of ATSDR and are subject to change without notice.)

This document last updated on December 28, 2001

John Mann / JMann@cdc.gov


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