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Pollution prevention strategies used by Oregon hospitals

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Patel, Neha T.

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Waste generated by the health care industry has been cited as a major source of toxic pollution, including mercury and dioxins, which poses a serious threat to public health. The purpose of this study was to investigate pollution prevention activities of health care facilities in Oregon related to environmentally preferable...

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Masters Thesis

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Prevention Strategies Used By Oregon Hospitals. Abstract approved: Anna K. Harding Waste generated by the
An evaluation of criteria proposed to reauthorize the cleanup of superfund sites : case studies from EPA's Region X

Creator:

Williamson, Gina Denise

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The United States Congress is currently debating a bill to reauthorize the 1980 Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanup Law. If this bill is not reauthorized by the end of 1995, the program will either continue in its present form or be eliminated altogether.' As currently administered, the Superfund program sets out...

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Masters Thesis

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-hazardous constituents. Bioremediation Cap - An impermeable layer that seals a hazardous waste site
Pollution prevention in Oregon's electronics industry

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Jones, Cynthia L.

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Pollution prevention is promoted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other governmental agencies as a method of reducing the generation of wastes and pollutants. Pollution prevention is also called source reduction because it reduces wastes early in the production process. Source reduction has been used by some industries to...

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Masters Thesis

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. Nationally, the electronics industry generates a large quantity of hazardous waste. Similarly in Oregon