Hazardous Waste Sites: The Credibility Gap

摘要: Mutual distrust defines the relationship between those who are sources of hazardous wastes and oversee their activities. A lack credibility, argue authors, is a formidable, if not biggest, obstacle to properly managing waste in United States. Nowhere credibility gap wider than where there management facilities or sites have been proposed. The purpose this book provide comprehensive perspectives on described along with scientific legal climates that allowed be discarded little attention impacts. Evidence weighed for against public health, as well environmental, economic, social damages at abandoned sites. Political processes analytical techniques suggested illustrated involved siting new facilities. strategy offered, together approaches substantially reduce difficulties faced by local planners site managers face hostile public. historical legacy mismanagement, fueled exaggeration impacts information, characterizes This will important planners, environmental scientists, health officials. In order assure accessibility casual reader, authors keep explanation mathematical methods technologies area minimum.