Dr Rebecca Slack

CONTACT DETAILS

Room 1.34
School of Geography
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
UK

Email: r.slack@leeds.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0 in UK) 113 34 33373

Publications

Papers

  • Rushton, L., Bagga, S., Bevan, R., Brown, T.P., Cherrie, J.W., Holmes, P., Fortunato, L., Slack, R., Van Tongeren, M., Young, C. & Hutchings, S.J. (2010) Occupation and cancer in Britain. British Journal of Cancer 102: 1428-1437
  • Bevan, R.J., Slack, R.J., Holmes, P. & Levy, L.S. (2009) An assessment of potential cancer risk following occupational exposure to ethanol. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B, 12: 188-205
  • Slack, R.J., Gronow, J.R.. & Voulvoulis, N. (2009) The management of household hazardous waste in the United Kingdom. Journal of Environmental Management, 90: 36-42
  • Slack, R.J., Gronow, J.R.. & Voulvoulis, N. (2008) Household hazardous waste in the United Kingdom: an overview. Communications in Waste & Resource Management, 9: 25-29
  • Slack, R.J., Bonin, M. & Gronow, J.R., Van Santen, A. & Voulvoulis, N. (2007) Household hazardous waste data for the UK by direct sampling. Environmental Science and Technology, 41: 2566-2571
  • Slack, R.J., Gronow, J.R., Hall, D.H. & Voulvoulis, N. (2007) Household hazardous waste disposal to landfill: using LandSim to model leachate migration. Environmental Pollution, 146: 501-509
  • Slack, R.J. & Voulvoulis, N. (2006) Book Review - Mine Wastes: Characterization, Treatment and Environmental Impacts. Bernd G. Lottermoser, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2003, ISBN: 3-540-00526-9 (277 pp., Hardback). Journal of Cleaner Production, 14: 1176-1177
  • Slack, R.J., Gronow, J.R. & Voulvoulis, N. (2005) Household hazardous waste in municipal landfills: contaminants in leachate. Science of the Total Environment, 337: 119-137
  • Slack, R.J., Zerva, P., Gronow, J.R. & Voulvoulis, N. (2005) Assessing quantities and disposal routes for household hazardous products in the United Kingdom. Environmental Science and Technology, 39: 1912-1919
  • Slack, R.J., Gronow, J.R. & Voulvoulis, N. (2004) Hazardous components of household waste. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 34: 419-445

Book Chapters

  • Harrison, P.T.C., Slack, R.J. & Bagga, S. (2008) Indoor Air Pollution. In: Kay A.B. et al. (eds) Allergy and Allergic Diseases, Volume 2, Chapter 61, pp. 1279-1289. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford

Conference Abstracts/Papers/Proceedings

  • Gronow, J.R., Forber Pirie, M., Grose, C., Galley, K., Slack, R.J. & Voulvoulis, N. (2009). Household Hazardous Waste – What We Have Learned and What We Need to Know.  In: Sardinia 2009 – Twelfth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, proceedings of the Sardinia Symposium 2005, 5-9 October 2009, S. Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.  Editors: Cossu, R., Diaz, L. and Stegmann, R. CISA, Italy. Paper 329
  • Slack, R.J., Bound, J.P., Gronow, J.R. & Voulvoulis, N. (2006). Effective Quantification of HHW and Implications for Waste Management and Policy.  In: CIWM 2006 – Changing the Face of Waste Management, proceedings of the Chartered Institute of Waste Management Annual Conference, 12-16 June 2006, Paignton, UK. CIWM, Peterborough, UK.  Pp. 801
  • Slack, R.J., Bonin, M., Gronow, J.R. & Voulvoulis, N. (2005) Quantities of Household Hazardous Waste Disposed to UK Landfills.  In: Sardinia 2005 – Tenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, proceedings of the Sardinia Symposium 2005, 3-7 October 2005, S. Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Editors: Cossu, R. and Stegmann, R. CISA, Italy. Pp. 93.
  • Slack, R.J., Gronow, J.R. & Voulvoulis, N (2005) Hazardous Substances in Household Waste.  In: Sardinia 2005 – Tenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, proceedings of the Sardinia Symposium 2005, 3-7 October 2005, S. Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Editors: Cossu, R. and Stegmann, R. CISA, Italy. Pp. 37.
  • Slack, R.J., Gronow, J.R. & Voulvoulis, N. (2004) Household Hazardous Waste: Establishing Sources and Disposal Routes. In: Waste 2004 - Integrated Waste Management and Pollution Control: Policy and Practice, Research and Solutions, proceedings of the Waste 2004 Conference, 28-30 September 2004, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, UK. The Waste Conference Ltd., Coventry. Pp.801-810.

Other Publications

Reports
  • Holmes, P., Slack, R.J., & Harrison, P.T.C. (2008) Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual UK Review Meeting on Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution Research, 15-16 April 2008 (Web Report 25), Institute of Environment and Health, Cranfield University, UK, [<a"opens href="http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/health/researchareas/environmenthealth/ieh/airpollwkshp2008_final.pdf"></a"opens>PDF]<//a><//a>
  • Holmes, P., Slack, R.J., & Harrison, P.T.C. (2007) Proceedings of the Tenth Annual UK Review Meeting on Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution Research, 1–2 May 2007 (Web Report 24), Institute of Environment and Health, Cranfield University, UK, available at: <a"opens href="http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/health/researchareas/environmenthealth/ieh/page19562.jsp"></a"opens>http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/health/researchareas/environmenthealth/ieh/page19562.jsp<//a><//a>
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