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...
Subject: hazardous wastes
Transcript: [ narrator ] prior to 1980, it was not unusual, nor illegal, for companies to dump corrosive, ignitable, reactive or toxic... hazardous wastes into
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.
Transcript: national academy of sciences, in fact, Has made a statement that this is the safest... Hazardous waste transportation system In the united states today
Waste, Part II: Hazardous Waste from Nuclear Power Production
Nuclear power does provide an alternative to fossil fuels, but creates a serious long term disposal problem for its waste, which is highly radioactive. The Nuclear Policy Act of 1982 charged the Department of Energy with developing a permanent repos...
What You Don't Know...: Workplace and Health Hazards, The
painting, and other industrial hazards are legendary. As we see in this clip, it is the job of OSHA--the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Subject: workplace health hazards
Transcript: health administration, to keep workers free from health hazards by regulating their exposure to different hazards. Jim, you have richard from osha in the
Brownfield basics
Bartsch and Ira Whitman discuss legislation that led to the Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002, and City of Phoenix brownfields coordinator Rosanne
Subject: Brownfields--Law and legislation--United States
Transcript: course gave Superfund a long life and additional funding. But, again, that legislation did not identify brownfields as a specific area, and it didn't set
Issues in water quality
Originally released in 2000 by the University of New Orleans Schlieder Urban Environmental Systems Center.
Subject: Water--Pollution--Law and legislation--United States
Social Responsibility Case Study: Patagonia and Esprit
Patagonia and Esprit have been pioneers in a growing category of companies that have successfully integrated social responsibility with profit. Both companies have prospered in the fiercely competitive garment industry, where consumers have become m...
Subject: hazardous
Transcript: , ARE THEY PROACTIVE, DO THEY WANT TO GO BEYOND COMPLIANCE FROM THE EPA RATHER THAN REACTING TO LEGISLATION OR JUST COMPLAIN? WE WILL NOT DO BUSINESS WITH
Rock Quarius. NY State Legislative Correspondents Association.1970
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