Hazardous waste in America
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Author
Contributions
- Brown, Lester O. - Contributor
- Pope, Carl. - Contributor
Publication
1982 - Sierra Club Books, San Francisco
Language
English
Word Count
148,250 words, Guess
Page Count
593 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100871562944
- ISBN-139780871562944
- Goodreads2175974
- Library of Congress Control Number82003304
- OCLC Control Number8306705
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780871562944
- Open LibraryOL18331583M
Classifications
- DDC363.7/28
- LCCTD811.5 .E67 1982
- LCCTD811.5 .E67 1982
and 3 more
- LCCTD811.5 .E67
- LCCTD811.5.E67 1982
- LCCKF1299.H39 E67
Description
The statistics on hazardous chemical waste are staggering. Over 85 billion pounds of waste are generate din 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 on 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)
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