Toxic waste

Toxic waste is any sort of waste that is harmful to people, plants, or animals, but usually it is said about waste that hurts people. Toxic wastes are usually liquid chemicals. These poisons are made as by-products of making other things, usually by manufacturing but sometimes they are chemicals used for farming. Another type of toxic waste is radioactive materials.

Toxic Waste Media

The Valley of the Drums, a toxic waste dump in northern Bullitt County, Kentucky. This site was one of the reasons the the U.S. Superfund law was enacted.
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Of the exposed population, the proportion of women of childbearing age was relatively equal across the three countries.
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Geographical distribution of TSIP sites in Argentina and Uruguay with DALYs resulting from lead exposure
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Geographical distribution of TSIP sites in Mexico with DALYs resulting from lead exposure

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