Hazardous Waste - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Balancing environmental and industry sustainability: a case study of the US gold mining industry.

3 Jun 2009 Mandatory insurance requirements and/or mitigation fees (royalties) for mining companies may help reduce environmental risk exposure for the federal government. Mining is examined since the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release ... Read more...

Detoxification of cathode ray tube glass by self-propagating process.

3 Nov 2008 A novel process for the treatment of hazardous waste Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) glass, based on self-propagating reaction, was proposed. In the process, various types of CRT glass powders were blended with suitable amount of ferric oxide and magnesium, ... Read more...

Toxic waste in our midst: towards an interdisciplinary analysis.

18 Sep 2008 Intractable industrial legacies present new challenges to governance. Amongst the persistent organic pollutants, now managed internationally under the Stockholm Convention, hexachlorobenzene (HCB) stands out in all three classes of chemicals ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hazardous Waste - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• China. Confronting a toxic blowback from the electronics trade. 26 Aug 2009
• Judge rules that birth defects could have been caused by toxic waste from steel works. 2 Aug 2009
• Hazardous waste management and the precautionary principle. 15 Jun 2009
• Balancing environmental and industry sustainability: a case study of the US gold mining industry. 3 Jun 2009
• Healthy communities: reducing cancer risks. 30 May 2009
• Detoxification of cathode ray tube glass by self-propagating process. 3 Nov 2008
• Toxic waste in our midst: towards an interdisciplinary analysis. 18 Sep 2008
• Toxic risk and governance: the case of hexachlorobenzene. 18 Sep 2008
• When unequals are treated equally: the 2002 commission of inquiry into Orica's Geomelt proposal. 16 Sep 2008
• Managing the intractable: communicative structures for management of hexachlorobenzene and other scheduled wastes. 16 Sep 2008
• The supervision of environmental risk: the case of HCB waste or Botany/Randwick? 3 Sep 2008
• The role of symbolic capital in stakeholder disputes: decision-making concerning intractable wastes. Sep 2008
• Governance of environmental risk: new approaches to managing stakeholder involvement. 31 Aug 2008
• Disposal of expired drugs. 30 Jul 2008
• Regulatory compliance in the dental office. 29 Jun 2008
• EPA inspections of drug disposal practices can be a learning moment. 13 Mar 2008
• [Safe management of waste generated in health care institutions especially with infectious waste] 30 Dec 2007
• BMPs and dentistry. 30 Dec 2007
• ATSDR evaluation of health effects of tungsten and relevance to public health. 29 Jun 2007
• ATSDR evaluation of potential for human exposure to tungsten. 29 Jun 2007

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Technical information about 'Hazardous Waste'

Definition: Waste products which, upon release into the atmosphere, water or soil, cause health risks to humans or animals through skin contact, inhalation or ingestion. Hazardous waste sites which contain hazardous waste substances go here.

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D006256

Alternative terms: Hazardous Waste; Hazardous Wastes; Waste, Hazardous; Wastes, Hazardous; Hazardous Waste Sites; Hazardous Waste Site; Site, Hazardous Waste; Sites, Hazardous Waste; Waste Site, Hazardous; Waste Sites, Hazardous;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; analysis; classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: D20.944.380; N06.850.460.710.380;

History Note: 88

Technical Notes: note category: do not confuse with HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES