简介:MajorenvironmentalproblemsrelatedtorefractoriesarediscussedbasedontheirhistoricalstudiesmostlyinJapan.Thoseissueshavebeenexperiencedinawiderangeofindustrialscenes,fromprocessingrawmaterials,makingrefractoriestoreliningfurnaces,handlingafter-userefractories.Thekeysubstancesdealtwithinthispaperinclude,forexample,suspendedparticulate,SOxandotherexhaustgaseousemissions,hexa-valentchromium,anddioxin.Themeasuressofartakentoavoidorreducetheirinfluencesuponenvironmentsaredescribedwithsomefutureproblemstobetackled.