Fresh Water Pollution &Toxic Waste Dump Sites by Christina Roney

Key issues with Rubbish Dump sites/ Toxic Waste sites

ceciliac1077 — 2014-04-15 17:32:55 UTC

everyday products contain toxic chemicals
EPA says that all landfills eventually leak
landfills give off potentially harmful gases
odors will often seeps the neighborhoods; decreased property value, lower quality of living, higher traffic
Some studies show that birth defects increase in communities surrounding landfills
Municipal waste, medical waste, special waste, or hazardous waste landfills are four common types
types of waste accepted at any particular site are not regulated or monitored strictly enough by state agencies
many sites are used as base for athletic fields, playground, parking lots or other facilities after their active period is over
uses such as this can lead to cracks in the cover, and subsequent leakage;waste industry companies are responsible for the liability for such problems for often no more than 30 years
Waste incineration is almost impossible to regulate
releases toxic chemicals, such as lead and mercury, from the smoke stacks, and even produces additional byproducts in the stacks at certain temperatures (dioxins and furans)
incinerators produce toxic ash which has to be disposed of in a landfill;Incineration does not eliminate waste; it redistributes toxic chemicals into the air and produces another form of waste (ash) to be land filled
areas where the waste collects before it goes into the stacks starts to decompose and releases toxic chemicals into the air affecting worker health and nearby neighborhoods
Water can become contaminated with toxic or radioactive materials from industry, mine sites and abandoned hazardous waste sites
Fresh water pollution cause acid rain with smoke
make water in homes undrinkable and that could make you dye by not having water supply

Brendon/Responsibilities

ceciliac1077 — 2014-04-15 17:35:00 UTC

Each country is ethically and legally responsible for its own wastes but everyone is affected by how this process is carried out

Madison/Everyone's Problem

ceciliac1077 — 2014-04-15 17:36:43 UTC

Earth is a closed ecological system in which nothing ever disappears . You can't just bury, burn, or dump toxic waste and chemicals into the ground, forget about them, and hope the problem is solved. Eventually the earth will absorb and re-circulate the waste

Toxic Dump Sites

ceciliac1077 — 2014-04-15 17:38:36 UTC

Toxic contamination is result of more than a century of irresponsible and illegal handling of toxic chemicals

Toxic Tanks Leaking

ceciliac1077 — 2014-04-15 17:41:12 UTC

California's Silicon Valley, where electronics industries store assorted waste solvents in underground tanks, local groundwater authorities found that 85 percent of the tanks they inspected had leaks

Pollution of Yesterday, Silent Killer Today

ceciliac1077 — 2014-04-15 18:29:03 UTC

An underground tank may take years to rust; After it begins to leak, it may take several more years before adequate amounts of chemicals appear in the aquifer(and it will likely be years beyond that before any health effects show up in the local population) By then, the trail may be decades old. So it's quite possible that any cancers occurring today as a result of leaking USTs might originate from tanks that were installed half a century ago. At that time, there were gas tanks sufficient to fuel 53 million cars in the world; today there are enough to fuel almost 10 times that number.

ceciliac1077 — 2014-04-15 18:31:31 UTC

The disposal of hazardous chemicals leak pollutants into groundwater. Water in aquifers move through the Earth extremely slow, its pollutants continue to grow. Aquifers become sinks or storage containers for pollutants, decade after decade, further lowering the amount of clean water they can produce for human use. We're poisoning our fresh water supply, and in return, instead of investing in the future generations, we are strangling their chances for a healthy, sustainable life.

Saving Our Planet

ceciliac1077 — 2014-04-15 18:34:14 UTC

Take action to phase out the use and discharge of hazardous chemicals, rather than attempting to control the damage

Educate Yourself-Don't Close Your Eyes When the Truth is in Front of You

ceciliac1077 — 2014-04-15 18:36:43 UTC

CITO

ceciliac1077 — 2014-04-23 16:17:04 UTC