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Problems and Accidents

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Chemical Waste

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This chapter describes many of the common problems encountered in each major step of chemical waste handling from the point of generation to ultimate disposal. It reports on the kinds of accidents which can result from mismanagement of chemical wastes and attempts to show the interrelationships between the various problem areas. Mismanagement of such wastes has resulted in severe contamination of air, water supplies, homes and the environment in general. The major problem areas in the storage phase include; (1) Types of containers used, (2) Segregation of containers, (3) Labeling of containers, and (4) Mixing of wastes. In the collection and treatment step, the problem areas are: (1) Manifesting, (2) Mixing of wastes, (3) “Midnight dumping,” and (4) Small generators. The problem of chemical waste treatment are related primarily to: (1) Characteristics of the waste and (2) Management of the residues and emissions from the treatment processes. Land disposal of chemical wastes has caused numereous problems related to: (1) Rupture of containers, (2) Mixing of chemically incompatible substances, (3) Leaking of toxic substances into groundwater, and (4) Emission of volatile toxic substances upon or after disposal.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. BASF Aktiengesellschaft DUR/E - K 210, D-6700, Ludwigshafen, Germany

    Karl Robert Müller

  2. Harwell, Environmental Safety Group Bldg., 7.12, Harwell Laboratory Oxfordshire, OX11 ORA, England

    J. Bromley

  3. Albright & Wilson Ltd. 1 Knightsbridge Green, London, SW1X 7QD, England

    J. T. Farquhar

  4. Gidley Laboratories, Inc., Fairhaven, MA, 02719, USA

    P. T. Gidley

  5. Solid and Hazardous Waste Res. Div., US Environmental Protection Agency Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH, 45268, USA

    S. James  & N. Schomaker  & 

  6. Forschungsstelle für chemische Toxikologie, Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, DDR-7050, Leipzig Permoserstraße 15, Germany

    D. Martinetz

  7. 107, avenue de Combault, F-94420, Le Plessis-Trevise, France

    A. Robin

  8. Department of Health Services, Hazardous Material Laboratory Section, 2151, Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA

    R. D. Stephens

  9. Chemical Health and Safety Program Resources Branch, TRTP National Institutes of HealthP., P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA

    D. B. Walters

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Hatayama, H.K. (1986). Problems and Accidents. In: Müller, K.R., et al. Chemical Waste. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69625-1_15

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