BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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RCRA
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CERCLA (Superfund)
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NIMBY
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Safe Drinking Water Act
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA): established prohibitions and requirements concerning closed and abandoned hazardous waste sites; provided for liability of persons responsible for releases of hazardous waste at these sites; and.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Superfund program was enacted in 1980 in response to a public outcry over environmental contamination and human health hazards being discovered at such notorious hazardous waste disposal sites as Love Canal and Valley of the Drums.
Detailed explanation-3: -Superfund is the common name given to the law called the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, or CERCLA. Superfund is also the trust fund set up by Congress to handle emergency and hazardous waste sites needing long-term cleanup.