CERCLA operates under the polluter pays principle = _____ Naim 03:02 Add Comment CERCLA operates under the polluter pays principle = _____ Answer: charging polluting parties for cleanup
What two events spurred creation of Superfund legislation? Naim 03:01 Add Comment What two events spurred creation of Superfund legislation? Answer: Love Canal and Times Beach
Industrial nations find it ________to pay developing nations to take the waste rather than pay to have it properly treated. Others illegally dump in developing nations. Naim 03:00 Add Comment Industrial nations find it ________to pay developing nations to take the waste rather than pay to have it properly treated. Others illegally dump in developing nations. Answer: cheaper
The ___________ (RCRA) established how states must manage hazardous waste. Naim 03:00 Add Comment The ___________ (RCRA) established how states must manage hazardous waste. Answer: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Since the ______s, cities have designated sites or collection days to gather household hazardous waste. Naim 03:00 Add Comment Since the ______s, cities have designated sites or collection days to gather household hazardous waste. Answer: 1980
Heavy metals that are fat soluble and break down slowly can __________ and _________. Naim 02:59 Add Comment Heavy metals that are fat soluble and break down slowly can __________ and _________. Answer: bioaccumulate, biomagnify