SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Love Canal
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Nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands
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The Donora fluoride smog
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The burning of the Cuyahoga River
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Detailed explanation-1: -Impacts on the environment can be just as devastating: killing organisms in a lake or river, destroying animals and plants in a contaminated area, causing major reproductive complications in animals, or otherwise limit the ability of an ecosystem to survive.
Detailed explanation-2: -Following reports of contamination, President Jimmy Carter issued an emergency declaration in 1978, which provided federal funding for cleanup work (before the CERCLA law was passed) to contain the chemical wastes at the Love Canal site and to assist New York State in relocating residents who lived nearby.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to EPA, toxic waste is only waste “that is harmful or fatal to living organisms when absorbed or ingested”. Hazardous waste is the lower level of potentially harmful substances, toxic is higher. Hazardous waste can be, but isn’t necessarily toxic.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the 1940s, the canal was purchased by Hooker Chemical Company, which used the site to dump 19, 800 t (19, 500 long tons; 21, 800 short tons) of chemical byproducts from the manufacturing of dyes, perfumes, and solvents for rubber and synthetic resins.