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A further update was released in 2011 stating that the level of birth defects in Kettleman City had dropped below their 2008 levels. [17] During the birth defects controversy, Chemical Waste Management, Inc. was fined $402,000 on November 29, 2011 for violating the TSCA. [9]
He also said that there was a "statistically significant" cluster of birth defects between 1989 and 1999, and that, "toxicologically, there were present on and from the Corby Borough Council sites, over the whole period from 1985 (and possibly before) until 1997, the types of contaminants which could cause the birth defects complained of."
The CDC and National Birth Defect Project studied the incidence of birth defects in the US. Key findings include: [ citation needed ] Down syndrome was the most common condition with an estimated prevalence of 14.47 per 10,000 live births, implying about 6,000 diagnoses each year.
Birth defects, low birth weight, and exposure to particulates and nitrogen dioxide are associated with close proximity to landfills. Respiratory diseases and lung cancers are related to the release of hydrogen sulfide from landfills. Zero waste promotion of a cyclical product life can help reduce the need to create and fill landfills.
Robert Reed, spokesman for the Bay Area's largest waste management company, Recology, said waste volume peaks in the three days after Christmas.
As landfill operators struggle to control the chemical reaction, they acknowledge that the amount of contaminated water leaking from the facility has increased from about 20,000 gallons a day to ...
In 1993, after state regulators began asking about the sediment building up on the landfill’s collection ponds, DuPont opened the pond drains, allowing C8-laden sludge to flow freely into the creek. The following year, the company shuttered another landfill and started trucking all of its C8 waste into Dry Run.
To be clear, plastic bags are rightly thought of as a menace that’s hazardous to human health. According to the National Resources Defense Council, over a decade ago, the average American family ...