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xii, 286 pages ; 24 cm A guide to information on the environmental problems caused by toxic wastes, with suggestions for possible solutions Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-238) and index 1. Toxic waste and hazardous material: A perspective -- Generation of wastes -- Definition -- Evolution of pesticide controls -- Hazardous and toxic waste sites -- Cleanup of hazardous waste sites -- Control of hazardous and toxic waste -- Environmental toxic chemicals -- Criteria for evaluating waste sites -- Transportation of hazardous and toxic waste -- Effects of hazardous waste -- Petroleum environmental pollution -- Asbestos control -- Perspective -- 2. Chronology -- Roots of environmentalism and human welfare -- Pesticides -- Major toxic waste sites -- Chemical accidents and explosions of hazardous materials -- Major oil spills -- Laws and regulations -- 3. Laws and regulations -- Basic hazardous and toxic waste legislation -- States' statutory authority -- Supplementary hazardous and toxic legislation -- Pesticide legislation -- Hazardous mineral legislation -- 4. Directory of organizations -- U.S. government agencies -- U.S. intergovernmental advisory committees -- Private o

Author

Miller, E. Willard (Eugene Willard), 1915-2002; Miller, Ruby M

Publisher

ABC-CLIO; ABC-CLIO, LLC

Published

1991

Language

EN

ISBN

9780585110516

Subjects

Science, Technology, Social Science