Ch. 19 Regulating Hazardous AMterials

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Across
  1. 3. by products of industrial business or household activities for which there is no immediate use
  2. 4. act readily with other substances
  3. 6. turning volatile components of a liquid into an air stream basically turning it into a vapor
  4. 7. Pollution prevention aims to prevent hazardous waste from being produced
  5. 10. unstable materials that create spontaneous reactions
  6. 14. a pollutant that does not remain in the environment for a longer period of time
  7. 16. hazardous waste trust fund
  8. 18. includes deep well-injection, storing waste in landfills, dumping waste into sewers rivers or streams
  9. 22. exposure of substance remains in environment for a longer time
Down
  1. 1. Register daily publication of the National Archives and Records Service of the General Service Administration
  2. 2. mission is to protect human health the health of the environment (EPA)
  3. 3. any material thrown away that is hazardous to the health of humans or the environment
  4. 4. water is forced through activated carbon in order to treat contaminants
  5. 5. a pesticide used worldwide that was an example of a persistent organic pollutant
  6. 8. some materials may be harmless alone but once mixed with others they can become extremely toxic
  7. 9. resusing waste for another purpose, eliminating it as a waste
  8. 11. reacting materials together so they are no longer hazardous
  9. 12. wastewater treatment chemicals are added to form particles that settle and remove the contaminants
  10. 13. takes place when microorganisms break down substances and they are no longer hazardous materials
  11. 15. make living things ill
  12. 17. burn easily and create fire hazard
  13. 19. burning wastes at high temperatures
  14. 20. exposure of substance is short term
  15. 21. persistent organic pollutant