Apes: Hazardous Materials

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deep-well injection

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uses injection wells to plae treated or untreated liquid waste into geologic formations that do not pose a potential risk to groundwater

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Superfund was created by landmark federal legislation known by what acronym?

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CERCLA

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Superfund was created to
A)prevent future improper disposal of toxic wastes.
B)test new chemicals for hazards before they are manufactured in bulk.
C)clean up nuclear waste sites created by the military.
D)clean up abandoned or inactive hazardous waste sites.
E)pay insurance claims for people harmed by chemical pollution.

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D)clean up abandoned or inactive hazardous waste sites.

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According to the provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
A)a toxic chemical must be reused or recycled by the company that manufactures or uses it.
B)states must share the costs of clean up of toxic waste sites with the federal government.
C)companies that release hazardous chemicals into air or water must obtain discharge permits from the federal government.
D)only renewable or recycled resources may be used in the production of hazardous chemicals.
E)records must be supplied to the federal government detailing the creation, transfer, and disposal of hazardous wastes.

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E)records must be supplied to the federal government detailing the creation, transfer, and disposal of hazardous wastes.

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One of the earliste sites that utlized Superfund resources was
A)Bohpal, India
B)Love Canal, New York
C)PRince WIlliam Sound, ALaska
D)CHernobyl, Ukraine
E)Donora, Pennsylvania

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B) Love Canal, New York

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The federal law that requires testing of new chemicals for environmental and human health hazards is what?
A)CERCLA
B)SARA
C)RCRA
D)TSCA

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D)TSCA

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Toxic synthetic organic compounds frequently found in chemical waste dumps have been shown to cause
A)nervous system disorders.
B)cancer.
C)liver disease.
D)birth defects.
E)all of the above.

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E)all of the above.

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The "community right to know" about toxic chemicals in use in their area is the result of what?
A)TSCA
B)RCRA
C)SARA
D)FIFRA
E)CERCLA

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C)SARA

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Love Canal was
A)an abandoned canal bed.
B)a suburban neighborhood.
C)a school site.
D)a chemical dump site.
E)all of the above.

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E)all of the above.

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The U.S. EPA characterizes hazardous wastes on the basis of
A)toxicity, carcinogenicity, persistence, and reactivity.
B)ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, and environmental persistence.
C)ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, and toxicity.
D)molecular weight.

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C)ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, and toxicity.

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Which of the following is not an approved method of land disposal for hazardous wastes?
A)secure landfills
B)surface impoundments
C)burial of small containers on industrial sites
D)deep-well injection

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C)burial of small containers on industrial sites

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A brownfield site is one that
A)is a former industrial or commercial site, now contaminated.
B)has little vegetation remaining as a result of past environmental contamination.
C)will not support an agricultural crop.
D)abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination.

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D)abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination.

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What is the term applied to voluntary actions aimed at changing the production process, the materials used, or both, so that harmful pollutants won't be produced?
A)three Rs
B)pollution control
C)pollution prevention
D)chemical stewardship

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C)pollution prevention

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Where carcinogens are concerned, EPA generally
A)believes that current levels are low enough not to require regulation.
B)assumes that a threshold level exists.
C)takes a zero-dose, zero-response approach.
D)assumes that high levels can be tolerated if exposure is brief.

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C)takes a zero-dose, zero-response approach.

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Which act's primary goal is to protect human health and th environment from the potential hazards of waste disposal and calls for conservation of energy and natural resources, reduction in waste generated, and environmentally sound waste management practices?
A)RCRA
B)FIFRA
C)CERCLA
D)OSHA
E)FEMA

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A)RCRA

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The most common method of disposing of municipal solid wastes in the Unietd States is
A)incineration
B)ocean dumping
C)sanitary landfills
D)recycling
E)exporting

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C)recycling

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Causes of sick-building syndrome include all of the following EXCEPT
A)ranon and abestos
B)chemical contaminants from indoor sources
C)chemical contaminants from outdoor sources
D)biological contaminants
E)inadequate ventialtion

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A)radon and abestos

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Site of hazardous chemical dumping ground over which homes and a school were built

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Love Canal, New York

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Site of mercury poisoning

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Minamata Bay, Japan

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The most serious commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history

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Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania

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leakage of poisonous gases from a pesticide manufacturing plant

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Bhopal, India

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Nuclear power plant accident that released 30 to 50 times the radiation of atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Cheronobyl, Ukraine

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You are going to buy a soda. You see avending machine that has sodas in aluminum cans, steel cans, plastic bottles, and galss bottles. Which tonatiner has the least environmental impact when recycled?
A)aluminum cans
B)steel cans
C)plastic bottles
D)glass bottles
E)all have the same engative environmental impact

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A)aluminum cans

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A comapny that produces interior paint is faced with a toxic waste problem. Which of the following solutions require the least overall energy and will result in the safest outcome for the environment?
A)recycling or reusing the waste
B)incinerating the waste underground
C)injecting teh waste underground
D)storing the waste in a salt mine
E)storing the waste in a landfill

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A)recycling or reusing the waste

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An area that was formerly a toxic waste site but is now safe enough to use for residential property is considered
A)a brownfield
B)a mistake
C)a leachfield
D)restored
E)superfund site

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D)restored

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This federal law requires government contractors to file an environmental impact statement
A)NEPA
B)FFDCA
C)ESA
D)SMCRA
E)CERCLA

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A)NEPA

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This environmental crisis inolved buried hazardous and toxic wastes
A)Love Canal
B)Bhopal Crisis
C)Exxon VAldez
D)DDT
E)Chernobyl

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A) Love Canal

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bioaccumulation

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when harmless amounts of toxic waste recieved over long periods of time reach toxic levels

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biomagnification

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multiplying effect of toxic wastes through the food chain

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bioremediation

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utilization of oxygen and organisms to clean-up toxic waste sites

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halogenated hydrocarbons

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organic chompounds in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by halogens

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HAZMAT

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a chemical that presenta a hazard of risk

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midnight dumping

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illegal deposition of toxic wastes in any location available under the cover of darkness

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ground water remediation

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a technique to clean contaminated groundwater

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NPL

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sites repsenting the most immediate and severe toxi wast threats

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pollution avoidance

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changing the production process so that harmful pollutants are not produced

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pollution control

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adding filters to prevent environmental pollution

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product life cycle

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crade to grave product history

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two categories of wastes that are particularly toxic include

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heavy metals and synthetic organics