Vol.11 No.3 May,2000 Contents

Preface
Establishment of Knowledge and legislation for Hazardous Waste----Shohachi Kudo 159

Special Issues: Dioxins and PCB
Interactions Between Doxin and Sex Hormones----Junzo Yonemoto and Hideko Sone 162 abst
The Origin of and Change in, Dioxin Pollution in Japan
--The Contribution of Dioxins in Herbicides------Shigeki Masunaga 173 abst
Political Measures towards Risk Management of Dioxins in Japan----Osami Nakasugi 182 abst
Chemical Decomposition Technologies for the Treatment of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) ----Masaaki Hosomi 197 abst
Organic Brominated Dioxin related Compounds
--Presence of PBDDs/DFs in Flame Retarded Materials and Perspectives on Control Measures--
----Shin-ichi Sakai 210 abst

Review
Waste and Environmental Education - Learning----Hiroshi Takatsuki 223 abst

Report
Hazardous Evaluation of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals----Yoshiro Ono, Masato Yamada, Kae Osaki, Yasuaki Miyahara and Junko Takahashi 232 abst