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    Toxic wastes are a big problem what we are still facing today around the world. Most of this toxic waste is affecting our water that people need to survive with. Drinking water is now dangerous in certain parts of the world, and water is very essential to living. If they can’t have drinking water, how do we expect them to have water to clean them as well? With the toxic wastes being a big controversy, we as a whole need to stand up and fix this problem for everyone. People only want to take control

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    Effects Of Toxic Waste

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    The disposal of toxic waste should be a issue that is enforced heavily. Ever since corporations have used toxic waste to create products and created toxic waste from the production of products, toxic waste has been a major problem in the United States. It has developed almost everywhere in the United States due to companies not wanting to get rid of toxic waste correctly. Vallejo, a woman affected by toxic waste, says, “They were making money”(qtd. In Nazaryan). This is all that matters to big companies

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    Toxic waste disposal should be on everyone's mind in the United States. Even if this problem does not affect our surroundings first hand, it may end up affecting us later down the road. The way toxic waste is disposed of throughout America is not always the most legal way or the most safe way. Toxic waste should be carefully watched, but it is always left to businesses to declare what they want to do with it. Whether they want to dispose of toxic waste legally or illegally, it's up to them. No matter

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    people being exposed to hazardous waste and think nothing of it. When any person is exposed to hazardous waste it is a serious situation and it should not be ignored. Any type of contact with the waste could also expose many people to life threating health problems. In this paper I will discuss what hazardous waste is defined as, those who have been effected by it and the health problems that will come with being exposed to hazardous waste. Exposure to hazardous waste is dangerous because it may lead

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    Toxic Waste - Negative Since the time man has grown accustomed to manufacturing goods, toxic waste has been an issue to our quality of life, and the surrounding natural environment. While the degree has not always been understood as to what effects toxic waste can have, there is no excuse in the present. Methods of disposing toxic waste in the past have shown the negative impacts such waste can have on the health of humans, wildlife, and nature in general. Without proper mitigation, and methods

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    Nuclear and toxic waste have slowly crept its way up to the main priority of disposal agencies all over the country and the world, as the scientists have created new chemicals and, militaries have created nuclear warheads able to destroy entire cities. Anything that is categorized as Toxic waste is “poisonous” to humans, and the environment. Nuclear waste usually can be anything that has been exposed to gamma radiation from nuclear power plants or a nuclear explosion. The U.S. alone has What

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    As CEO of a small manufacturing company, if an employee has dumped toxic waste in a nearby stream, I would seek help from the hazardous waste supervisor within the company first. The supervisor should be knowledgeable enough to get the situation under control. Toxic waste is a serious safety and health problem and it is my job as CEO to prevent any further danger to the work environment and the surrounding area. While getting assistance from within, I would call both the federal Environmental Protection

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    In the Brullard reading, Toxic Wastes and Race at Twenty: 1987-2007, Brullard discusses racial and socioeconomic disparities in relation to environmental issues from 1987 to 2007. 1987 is significant because it is the year when a report about environmental racism entitled Toxic Wastes and Race was published. This report raised awareness about the idea of environmental injustice and spurred further research on the subject. In Chapter 3, Brullard outlines two different methods used in this research:

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    Royal Carribean Toxic Waste Dumping During the 1990’s one of the most famous cruise ship companies, Royal Caribbean, was caught illegally discharging toxic waste into oceans surrounding the United States and surrounding countries, as well as international waters. According to Wald the waste included, but is not limited to, oily water from the bilge of the ships, chemicals used for dry cleaning, and chemicals used to develop film. These chemicals were mixed in with the gray water, used water that

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    Memo Date: April 17, 2017 To: Dr. Rezaul Karim, Professor From: Abdirahman Abbas, student A.A Subject: KEY ISSUSES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS FOR TOXIC WASTE DISPOSALS Here is the report you requested about the keys issues and potential solutions for toxic waste disposals. The report included an analysis of the possible methods that could solve the destructive techniques that are currently not working. It also featured a comparison between different types of solutions. Namely, it compared standard

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