Hazardous waste

contamination of the environment resulting in significant health disturbances in the native population. The convention includes the control and reduction of mercury producing processes such as coal-fired power plants, cement plants, industrial boilers and waste incinerators (Murphy, 2016). The mercury emissions are not contained within a boundary and result in global pollution as the particulate matter once airborne can travel great distances, expanding those affected. The Minamata Convention…

generate waste that can be classified as hazardous waste. The solid waste that emanates from the welding process includes slag from arch welding, spatter from the arching process, and the stubs from used welding electrodes. The gaseous wastes that emanate from the welding process include the poisonous fumes from melting metal at high temperatures. Other emissions that constitute hazardous wastes include air emissions and sparks from burning oxyacetylene gas. The solid and gaseous wastes are…

To frack or not to frack? This is a question, common amongst humanity today. Fracking is the process of drilling deep into the ground to extract natural gas from the shale down below. To extract the natural gas humongous amounts of toxic fluid, loaded with silica sand and chemicals, are pumped into the ground. This fluid is not always pumped back out of the ground and seeps into surrounding groundwater. North America should stop the use of fracking because it can cause earthquakes, puts the…

nations of waste by participating in the international waste trade. The international waste trade is when industrialized nations export toxic wastes created in their country and relocate it to other undeveloped countries. This has become a debate issues due to various factors. In 1987, Sunday Nana, a Nigerian, illegally signed a contract allowing Italians, Renato Pent and Gianfranco Raffaeli, to export 18,000 containers of toxic waste created by various Italian companies out of Italy. The…

lasted too long. More terrible news ensued. People living far away from the pollution center were beginning to worry about their own safety. In November 1978, more than 200 compounds were found in the landfill site of which about 200 tons contained hazardous dioxin Dioxin [2, 3, 7, and 8 tetrachlorodibenzoparadioxin (TCDD)], a highly toxic carcinogen. The identification of dioxins made the inhabitant extremely panic (Philips et al., 2007). In 1979, tensions between residents and the…

The text mentions “how in 1994, Roese proposed that thinking counterfactually simply is functional in two ways such as; preparative function (for which helps us to avoid the recurrence of negative outcomes) and affective function (thinking in ways to help individuals feel better)” (Chapter 6, pg. 62). The text also mentions about “how when one or any individual fails to achieve a goal, it can often lead to a negative affect which in turn can either activate upward or downward counterfactual…

conducting more research on the environmental damages currently taking place in our society as a result of “environmental racism”. One thing I found out was the level at which underdeveloped countries were being treated as a dumping ground for chemical waste in the world today. Environmental racism, which constitutes uneven exposure to hazards and the methodical exclusion of society from environmental and ethical assessment pose a serious threat to poor communities because they have long been…

There were no reported direct casualties stemming from the disaster. However, there were numerous miscarriages and birth defects directly caused by the hazardous waste. Countless children were injured from burns procured from playing near chemical exposure (Beck, 1979). The Environmental Health Perspectives conducted a study to determine the mortality rates of previous Love Canal residents compared to New York mortality rates as a whole between 1979 and 1996. Their study showed no elevated…

with the amount of water that is being used, as a non-profit group called the “New York Public Interest Research Group” stated how the city 's 14 treatment plants discharged 7.9 billion gallons of water containing untreated waste in a year (Barron). All of this untreated waste is a problem, as over time it builds up, and we can not keep up with all the water we are wasting. Over time this will slowly consume us, and we will have no fresh water left. What makes this situation worse, is that…

was a toxic waste disposal site located in Niagara Falls, NY. It is a rectangular 16 –acre, 10 ft. deep landfill centered in a residential neighborhood in northwestern New York State” with an estimated population of 77,050” (Gensburg, Pantea, Fitzgerald, Stark, Hwang & Kim (2009 2009 p.209). Niagara County, New York is known…