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<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>A historical legacy of mismanagement, fueled by

Who reads Hazardous Waste Sites : The Credibility Gap?

Author

Michael R. Greenberg and Richard F. Anderson

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781351516167

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Social Science, Technology