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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 Clean Water Act: Originally enacted in 1948 as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, it was significantly expanded in 1972.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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1. Which chemical was exposed from Seveso disaster?
2. What is the PCB route of exposure for children?
3. Love canal was referred to as “a public health time bomb”.
4. Major result of exposure to dioxin is ________
5. The __________ Group claimed the immediate action against Seveso disaster.
6. What was the name of waste hauler, oiled dirt roads near Times beach, Missouri?
7. PCBs are classified by the U.S. EPA as _______ carcinogens.
8. When did Chernobyl nuclear disaster take place?
9. What is the death count due to minamata disease?
10. Who identified the mercury compound in shellfish?
11. _________ chemical company thrashed waste on Love canal area.
12. More than 5,000 people were injured in Texas City disaster.
13. Which among the following is the primary cause of death due to gas leak?
14. Which among the following is the Yusho symptoms?
15. 25 workers were hospitalized due to phosgene exposure in 1981.
16. When was the site declared as federal emergency area?
17. What was the main reason for Chernobyl accident?
18. What time did Grandcamp exploded?
19. What was the amount of MIC leaked from Bhopal gas tragedy?
20. Which factory was responsible for outbreak of minamata disease?
21. When was PCBs prohibited in Japan?
22. When was the cleanup of Missouri completed?
23. When did Texas City disaster occur?
24. Minamata disease is an infectious disease.
25. When was Love canal created?

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