RT Book, Section A1 Suk, William A. A2 Wallace, Robert B. SR Print(0) ID 1141972182 T1 Hazardous Waste: Assessing, Detecting, and Remediation T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Medical PP New York, NY SN 9780071441988 LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141972182 RD 2022/08/15 AB The past century of industrial, military, and commercial activity worldwide has resulted in hundreds of thousands of hazardous waste sites where organic compounds and metals contaminated surface and subsurface soils, sediments, ground, and surface waters. In order to reduce risks to human and ecologic systems, considerable time and money have been spent remediating these sites since passage of major environmental legislation (e.g., Superfund). Hazardous waste management is undoubtedly one of the most important environmental issues. Despite the common agreement that industrial production without waste is our long-term goal, there will be an ongoing need for proper management of wastes for years to come. Further, there is a need to continue to sharpen the cause and effect relationships between a polluted environment and poor public health. These relationships resulting from exposure to hazardous wastes are more insidious and subtle manifestations in children and adults. The challenge is to better understand these contaminants, and to determine under which conditions and at which levels they pose a threat to human health and the environment.