Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 300
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Michael R. Greenberg
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-09-05
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 1351516159
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Mutual distrust defines the relationship between those who are the sources of hazardous wastes and those who oversee their activities. A lack of credibility, argue the authors, is a formidable, if not the biggest, obstacle to properly managing hazardous waste in the United States. Nowhere is the credibility gap wider than where there are hazardous waste management facilities or where sites have been proposed.The purpose of this book is to provide comprehensive perspectives on hazardous waste sites in the United States. The sources of hazardous waste are described along with the scientific and legal climates that allowed wastes to be discarded with little attention to impacts. Evidence is weighed for and against public health, as well as environmental, economic, and social damages at abandoned sites. Political processes and analytical techniques are suggested and illustrated for those who are involved in the siting of new facilities. A strategy for hazardous waste management is offered, together with approaches to substantially reduce the difficulties faced by local planners and site managers who face a hostile public.A historical legacy of mismanagement, fueled by exaggeration of impacts and by a lack of information, characterizes hazardous waste management in the United States. This book will be important to planners, environmental scientists, and public health officials. In order to assure accessibility for the casual reader, the authors keep the explanation of mathematical methods and technologies in this area to a minimum.
Author: United States. Office of Solid Waste Management Programs
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 9781422399712
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Publisher:
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 116
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 20
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