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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 Clean Water Act: Originally enacted in 1948 as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, it was significantly expanded in 1972.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 & PBB: A landmark episode that discusses heightened global awareness of industrial pollution. Harvard Six Cities study: A study and its follow-ups led to a tightening of pollution standards by the US Environmental.
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