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Article #71: Waste, Recycling And Environment

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Some of the major environmental laws in health problem in students and pollution
the United States pay special attention in the air.
to waste, recycling and environment. In In 1984 and 1986 respectively, three new
fact, many of the big artificial lakes in laws were added to the effort in
the nation manage resources that controlling Asbestos in the U.S.A.: the
otherwise could cause a major problem to Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act, the
the population of the surrounding Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act,
regions. and the Emergency Planning and Community
In 1965, the Shoreline Protection Act Right to Know Act.
Solid Waste Disposal Act created While these bills were passed to law,
awareness about contamination of oceans, other findings in waste were bearing in
where all the waste ended up, without mind. Defecation and industrial waste
passing a proper process to avoid or were not as harmful as medical, mineral
lessen the environment impact and protect and nuclear materials drown without
the marine flora and fauna. recycling process. Environmental services
During 1972, the efforts for recycling surveyed some areas and found evidence to
waste materials and protect the support new bills that today are part of
shorelines continues after the bill of the environmental law.
three proposals that today are part of Laws issued to regulate this problem were
environmental law: the Ocean Dumping Act, the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act,
the Coastal Zone Management Act, and the the 1977 Surface Mining Control and
Marine Protection, Research, and Reclamation Act, the 1978 Uranium
Sanctuaries Act. Mill-Tailings Radiation Control Act. In
Environmental services enforced the law, the 1980s, nuclear awareness began with
making sure that every industry created the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act, the
biotechnologies for the proper management 1988 Medical Waste Tracking Act, and the
of the waste, recycling material, and 1999 Chemical Safety Information, Site
protecting the environment and their Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act,
workers. Hence, the 1980's were the among others.
scenery of a new major concern: Asbestos. Proper management of waste contributes to
Asbestos became the silent killer on keeping a healthy environment that is a
planet earth, contaminating the benefit to all. Recycling, on the other
environment in so many ways. In 1980, the hand, is more likely an aptitude that any
Asbestos School Hazard Detection and citizen can take any day performing
Control Act were issued after the little actions that contribute to the
Environmental services detected the wellness of the world.






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