Environmental Protection Agency, The
This clip looks at the role of the Environmental Protection Agency in monitoring and enforcing regulations pertaining to the preservation and protection of the environment. The clip explains that the EPA also attempts to help small businesses deal w...
Social Responsibility and Profitability
One reason some organizations are hesitant to adopt social responsibility programs is cost. The argument here is that profit is the cornerstone on which a business is built, and that additional responsibilities only jeopardize the efficiency of prof...
Waste, Part I: Hazardous Waste Sites: Del Amo
The Del Amo neighborhood of Los Angles is the location of two adjacent Superfund sites in close proximity to residential neighborhoods. It wasn't until after she moved into her Del Amo neighborhood that Cindy Babich began to investigate health compl...
Waste, Part II: Hazardous Waste from Atomic Weapons
In the desert of New Mexico a half mile beneath the surface of the earth in a salt mine judged to be 250 million years old, a permanent disposal site is sought for the wastes from decommissioned atomic weapons facilities.
Hazardous Materials: Hazardous Materials: Underground Storage Tanks
Regulations for underground storage tanks concern not the contents, but the structure of the tanks. Potential contamination of groundwater and risk to public health are at issue in the event of leakage of hazardous materials. Part of the issue with ...
Thermal Treatment Technologies: Risks and Rewards of Thermal Destruction
Thermal destruction of hazardous wastes has much potential, but it has aroused much public concern, as well. Even the best such techniques are only safe and effective when they are controlled and done properly--something that is not always the case.
Introduction to Waste Stream Management: Overview and History of Pollution and Environmental Awareness
While pollution has always been part of the industrial process, environmental accountability is relatively new. The founding of the Environmental Protection Agency and the introduction of basic measures to standardize emissions and treatment of liq...
Introduction to Waste Stream Management: Liquid Waste
In the past, some of the major sources of water pollution have been landfills, underground storage tanks, and untreated effluent. Under the Clean Water Act, the EPA sets industry-specific discharge limitations for water pollutants. Treatment metho...
Hazardous Materials: Hazardous Materials: Pesticides
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires that pesticides used in the United States be registered with the EPA before they can be distributed, sold, or used. Once registered, there are specific legal requirements to be...
Health Effects of Hazardous Materials: Case of Contamination in Avila Beach, A
A small town on the California coast, Avila Beach was the site of a two decade struggle with major oil company, Unocal. The struggle is recounted, from the 1979 discovery of an oil plume beneath the community and beach to eventual agreement by Unoca...