Hazardous Material
Any agent that presents a risk to life-forms or the environment can be considered a hazardous material. This is a very broad term which encompasses pure compounds and mixtures, ra...
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Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (1975)
The Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, enacted in 1975 as part of a law dealing with transportation safety, strengthened the 1970 Hazardous Materia...
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Hazardous Substances Act (1960)
This law was one of Congress's first forays into consumer protection, and it helped to pave the way for the explosion in consumer protection legislation that b...
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Solidification of Hazardous Materials
Solidification refers to a process in which waste materials are bound in a solid mass, often a monolithic block. The waste may or may not react chemically with ...
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Storage and Transport of Hazardous Material
Hazardous materials consist of numerous types of explosive, corrosive, and poisonous substances. The materials might be used as a reactant in an industria...
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Hazardous Material