| Main Title |
Hazardous waste in America / |
| Author |
Epstein, Samuel S.,
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Sierra Club Books, |
| Year Published |
1982 |
| OCLC Number |
08306705 |
| ISBN |
0871562944; 9780871562944; 0871568071; 9780871568076 |
| Subjects |
Hazardous wastes--United States ;
Hazardous wastes--Law and legislation--United States ;
Schadstoffbelastung ;
Umweltgift ;
USA ;
Environmental Pollutants--poisoning ;
Industrial Waste ;
Waste Products ;
Refuse Disposal
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| Additional Subjects |
Hazardous wastes--United States ;
Hazardous wastes--Law and legislation--United States
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EHAM |
TD811.5.E67 1982 |
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Region 1 Library/Boston,MA |
01/01/1988 |
| EIAM |
TD 811.5 E67 1982 |
|
Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
10/27/1995 |
| EJBM |
TD811.5.E67 1982 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
12/29/2014 |
| ERAM |
TD811.5.E67 1982 HWC |
2 COPIES |
Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
01/20/1995 |
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| Collation |
xii, 593 pages ; 24 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents Notes |
The statistics on hazardous chemical waste are staggering. Over 85 billion pounds of waste are generated in 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 (3z(Btoxic time bomb.(3y (BThey explain not 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) |
