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| Before there was control of disposal, where did industries release waste? | fumes and combustables were released into the air, liquids and solids down into the water systems |
| Where did the term "mad-hatter" come from? | in the 1800's hat makers used to go insane due to mercury exposures |
| What are the two acts that regulated disposal in the 1970's? | Clean Air Act (1970) and Clean Water Act (1972) |
| What is one negative effect of the Clean Air and Water Acts? | Although it regulated water and air disposal it lead to unregulated land disposal |
| What are the 3 methods of Land Disposal? | Deep-well Injection, Surface Impoundments, and Land Fills |
| Which land disposal method puts waste below groundwater? | Deep-well Injection |
| Which land disposal method puts waste in man-made waste ponds? | Surface Impoundments |
| Which land disposal method stores waste in drums and buries it? | Land Fills |
| Who signed the Emergency Declaration of 1978 to relocate residents out of the Love Canal area? | President Carter |
| What are the three problems concerning toxic chemical waste? | 1. Cleaning up "messes" already created, 2. Regulating the handling and diposal of waste, 3. Looking towards future solutions |
| The Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act helped to reduce waste into air and water but instead lead to this. | Land Disposal |
| What is a common problem betwen the 3 types of land disposals? | Leaks are impossible to fully prevent nd are usually hard to detect |
What type of disposal is represented here?,  | landfill |
What type of disposal is represented here?,  | surface impoundment |
What type of disposal is represented here?,  | deep-well Injection |
| Prior to the passing of environmental laws in the 1960's and 1970s, it was common practice to dispose of chemical wastes into _________ or natural _________. | Air, water |
| What type of disposal is being descibed here? concentrated wastes put into drums and buried | landfills |
| What type of disposal is being descibed here? a reverse well | deep well injections |
| What type of disposal is being descibed here? an open pund without an outlet | surface impoundment |
| What type of disposal is being descibed here? volatile wastes may enter the atmosphere | surface impoundment |
| What type of disposal is being descibed here? waste put into deep rock strata | deep well injections |
