Exam 23: Solid and Hazardous Wastes

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Love Canal became a great hazard to its residents because it had been built above an abandoned ______________________.

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industrial dump

whats the occurrence to the appropriate year -Jack-in-the-Box hamburgers

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New York State Department of Health began searching records of births and deaths and state registries of cancer diagnoses and congenital malformations for evidence of health problems of Love Canal residents

whats the piece of legislation to the appropriate description -Prohibited most ocean dumping

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Passive surveillance

By 2007, the United States produced about ______________________ tons of coal ash.

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Congress has not reauthorized the corporate taxes to support cleanup under Superfund, but the program continues, paid for by polluters and taxpayers.

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Whats the appropriate description of the piece of legislation? -Allocated $600 million to facilitate further cleanup of Superfund sites

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whats the piece of legislation to the appropriate description -Made most incinerators illegal

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whats the occurrence to the appropriate year -Mexican green onions

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In 2017, the average landfill in the Western United States charged less than $40 per ton for tipping.

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Garbage collection has been an important responsibility of the federal government since the late 19th century.

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Times Beach, Missouri, was contaminated with large amounts of dioxin due to the spraying of ______________________.

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The Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island has been closed since March of 2001 except for its use to dispose of debris from ______________________.

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whats the occurrence to the appropriate year -Guatemalan raspberries

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What state has the highest rate of recycling in the United States at 95%?

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Legal disposal of hazardous wastes is expensive and no one knows how much illegal "midnight dumping" may actually go on today.

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Whats the appropriate description of the method of disposal? -53% of municipal solid wastes as well as wastes from other sources are disposed of with this method

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Whats the appropriate description of the method of disposal? -May be done on an individual or municipal level

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When a landfill has reached its capacity, it is covered with a 2-foot layer of soil which can be used for a park, golf course, or other recreational facility.

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Whats the appropriate description of the piece of legislation? -Requires that all hazardous wastes be accounted for "from cradle to grave"

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whats the piece of legislation to the appropriate description -Set standards for sanitary landfills, which have replaced dumps as the most common method of municipal waste disposal

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