Chapter Questions
How do toxicologists investigate hazardous chemicals? How is this information disseminated to health practitioners and the public?
What four categories are used to define hazardous chemicals?
Define total product life cycle, and describe the many stages at which pollutants may enter the environment.
What are the two classes of chemicals that pose the most serious long-term toxic risk, and how do they affect food chains?
What kind of chemicals are the "dirty dozen" POPs? Why are they on a list?
What two laws pertaining to the disposal of hazardous wastes were passed in the early 1970s? Describe how the passage of the laws shifted pollution from one part of the environment to another.
Describe three methods of land disposal that were used in the 1970 s. How has their use changed over time?
What law was passed to cope with the problem of abandoned hazardous-waste sites? What are the main features of the legislation?
What is being done about leaking underground storage tanks and brownfields?
What law was passed to ensure the safe land disposal of hazardous wastes? What are the main features of the legislation?
What laws exist to protect the public against exposures resulting from hazardous-chemical accidents? What are the main features of the legislation?
What role does the Toxic Substances Control Act play in the hazardous-waste arena?
Why does the EPA have an Environmental Justice Program?
Describe the advantages of pollution-prevention efforts.