Valley of the Drums, a toxic waste site in Kentucky, United States, 1980
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Toxic waste is any unwanted material in all forms that can cause harm (e.g. by being inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through the skin). Mostly generated by industry, consumer products like televisions, computers, and phones contain toxic chemicals that can pollute the air and contaminate soil and water. Disposing of such waste is a major public health issue.
Toxicwaste is any unwanted material in all forms that can cause harm (e.g. by being inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through the skin). Mostly generated...
Hazardous waste is waste that must be handled properly to avoid damaging human health or the environment. Waste can be hazardous because it is toxic, reacts...
The 2006 Ivory Coast toxicwaste dump was a health crisis in Ivory Coast in which a ship registered in Panama, the Probo Koala, chartered by the Singaporean-based...
Cronin, Kate (10 August 2023). "Major new Netflix series Toxic Town, about Corby's toxicwaste scandal, to star Robert Carlyle, Jodie Whittaker and Brendan...
The Corby toxicwaste case was a court case decided by The Hon. Mr. Justice Akenhead at the High Court of Justice, London, on 29 July 2009 in the case...
collection methods, among other differences. Around 70% of toxicwaste in landfills is electronic waste. CRTs have a relatively high concentration of lead and...
for the public health problems originating from the former dumping of toxicwaste on the grounds. This event displaced numerous families, leaving them...
scheme to dump American toxicwaste in Russia or Ukraine. Mogilevich's man from L.A. said the Red Mafia would dispose of the toxicwaste in the Chernobyl region...
named or involved in several scandals, particularly the 2006 Ivory Coast toxicwaste dump, which left up to 100,000 people with skin rashes, headaches and...
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The "Naples waste management crisis" is a series of events surrounding the lack of waste collection and illegal toxicwaste dumping in and around the...
ended up stumbling into a drum filled with toxicwaste. Instead of killing him, however, the toxicwaste transformed him into a grotesque green-skinned...
"Massive Alberta waste water spill will kill plants, says ecologist". CBC News. 13 June 2013. VANDERKLIPPE, NATHAN (June 12, 2013). "Toxicwaste spill in northern...
respiration) which cannot be used by the organism (they are surplus or toxic), and must therefore be excreted. This includes nitrogen compounds, water...
centre for incineration of toxic Bhopal waste agreed to pay ₹250 million (US$3.0 million) to dispose of UCIL chemical plants' waste in Germany. On 9 August...
Waste (or wastes) are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance discarded after primary use, or is worthless, defective and of no use. A...
odors and symptoms reported may have been the result of pollutants or toxicwaste released by nearby industrial plants, and speculated that carbon tetrachloride...
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