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Hazardous Waste Management Practice Test: Landmark Episodes in Pollution Control / Hazardous Waste Management
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Landmark Episodes in Pollution control / hazardous waste management include: Love canal episode, Times beach and Seveso disaster, Bhopal gas tragedy, Minamata and Chernobyl disasters, polychlorinated biphenyl and Texas city disasters. Bhopal disaster: In 1984, a chemical leak in Bhopal, India, released about 45 tons of methyl isocyanate. Environmental Protection Act 1990: A landmark piece of legislation that deals with waste disposal and statutory nuisances. Clean Water Act: Originally enacted in 1948 as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, it was significantly expanded in 1972. PCB &... Show more
Hazardous Waste Management Practice Test: Landmark Episodes in Pollution Control / Hazardous Waste Management
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25 Questions

1. What is the PCB route of exposure for children?
2. What was the per person intake of PCBs in Japan in 1972?
3. Chronic PCBs exposure has been associated with _______
4. When was the case, Dalehite v. United States decided?
5. What was the main reason for Chernobyl accident?
6. Which chemical was exposed from Seveso disaster?
7. Love area was sold for $ ________
8. Most common way dioxin entered into general population is through ________
9. When did Chernobyl nuclear disaster take place?
10. When was the first death due to chemical exposure reported in UCIL?
11. What was the chemical gas leaked from Union Carbide plant?
12. _________ pounds of dioxin was hauled from a non-operational chemical plant in southwest Missouri.
13. Which factory was responsible for outbreak of minamata disease?
14. When did Texas City disaster occur?
15. The construction punctured _________ barrier Hooker company used to contain waste.
16. What is the TDI of TDQ established in 1996?
17. When did Seveso accident occur?
18. How much did Occidental Petroleum company agreed to pay for clean-up?
19. Zone A of affected Seveso area had a TCDD soil concentration of greater than _______ micrograms per square meter.
20. Which among the following is the Yusho symptoms?
21. Where did Bliss get oil from to spray Times Beach’s roads and local stables?
22. Where is Love Canal located?
23. What was the compensation given from Chisso factory to fishing industry?
24. Minamata disease is an infectious disease.
25. Acute high dose exposure to PCBs resulted in ________