Protecting Public Health at Superfund Sites
Author : Linda Breggin
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Page : 136 pages
File Size : 30,75 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780911937855
Author : Linda Breggin
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 30,75 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780911937855
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 27,74 MB
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309465567
The Superfund program of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created in the 1980s to address human-health and environmental risks posed by abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous-waste sites. Identification of Superfund sites and their remediation is an expensive multistep process. As part of this process, EPA attempts to identify parties that are responsible for the contamination and thus financially responsible for remediation. Identification of potentially responsible parties is complicated because Superfund sites can have a long history of use and involve contaminants that can have many sources. Such is often the case for mining sites that involve metal contamination; metals occur naturally in the environment, they can be contaminants in the wastes generated at or released from the sites, and they can be used in consumer products, which can degrade and release the metals back to the environment. This report examines the extent to which various sources contribute to environmental lead contamination at Superfund sites that are near lead-mining areas and focuses on sources that contribute to lead contamination at sites near the Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District. It recommends potential improvements in approaches used for assessing sources of lead contamination at or near Superfund sites.
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Page : 76 pages
File Size : 18,39 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Golf courses
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Page : 208 pages
File Size : 35,45 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Hazardous substances
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Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,42 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Hazardous waste site remediation
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Health and Safety
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Page : 200 pages
File Size : 32,32 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Hazardous waste sites
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Page : 300 pages
File Size : 38,35 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Hazardous substances
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Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office
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Page : 8 pages
File Size : 45,84 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Environmental protection
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials
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Page : 420 pages
File Size : 13,16 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Technology & Engineering
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Page : 156 pages
File Size : 15,36 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Hazardous wastes
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