Waubonsee Community College

Hazardous waste in America, Samuel S. Epstein, Lester O. Brown, Carl Pope

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Hazardous waste in America

bibliography

8306705

Samuel S. Epstein, Lester O. Brown, Carl Pope

The statistics on hazardous chemical waste are staggering. Over 85 billion pounds of waste are generated in the United States every year. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that at least 90% of these toxic substances are disposed of improperly and unsafely. There are more than 50,000 dump sites for hazardous wastes in the country, involving every state in the union, and only a few of these sites are monitored to any degree. In Hazardous Waste in America three experts have gone behind the statistics and scare stories to investigate the origins of this “toxic time bomb.” They explain not only what the wastes are, but why our economy produces them, what properties make them dangerous and how they have come to threaten our lives and our environment. -- inside cover (flap text)

Part 1. Introduction. The problem of hazardous waste. Part 2. Case studies. Introduction to case studies -- Dumping in rural America -- Dumping in groundwater -- Dumping in Niagara Falls -- Dumping waste oil -- Midnight dumping. Part 3. The law. Legislation of hazardous wastes -- Regulation of hazardous wastes -- The citizen's legal guide to hazardous wastes. Part 4. Problems and technologies. Groundwater contamination -- The technology of disposal. Part 5. The future. Where do we go from here?. References. Appendices