Explain the hazards of solid-waste disposal (including toxic and radioactive wastes) and why it is an issue of social justice.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Each year Earth's people generate about 1.3 billion tons of waste. That's expected to soar to 4 billion tons by 2100.
2. Toxic wastes: By-products of manufacturing, construction, laboratories, hospitals, and other systems, including the production of plastics, pesticides, and other products.
3. Love Canal and Bhopal, India
4. Radioactive wastes: United States has about 65,000 metric tons of nuclear wastes
5. Environmental racism: Disproportionally placing landfills and toxic waste dumpsites near low-income and minority neighborhoods.
6. Environmental justice: Demanding that all people be treated equally with respect to the environment.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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