POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT

Pollution Prevention Act

The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990

Following passage of the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency developed a formal definition of P2 and a strategy for making it a central guiding mission. Under Section 6602(b) of the Pollution Prevention Act, Congress established a national policy that:

pollution should be prevented or reduced at the source whenever feasible;

pollution that cannot be prevented should be recycled in an environmentally safe manner whenever feasible;

Pollution Prevention in Industry

The federal government regulates emissions of air pollutants which may have international implications, or fumes that constitute a serious danger to life or violate the terms of an international treaty. The principal Act is the American Environmental Protection of the environment (Nancy & Gary, 2007).

Under this law, the government has issued regulations governing the following industries: base secondary lead smelter, mining and extraction plants of asbestos processing plants of chlorine and caustic soda manufacturers' vinyl chloride and polyvinyl chloride. It also regulates ozone-depleting substances and prohibits the use of lead in gasoline.

Eco-Toxicology and Environmental Impact Assessment

The long-term eco-toxicity also poses difficult problems for governments. More than 100,000 chemicals currently on the market, and each year hundreds of new products are manufactured. Most have never been tested and we know very little about them, but they invariably end up finding in the natural environment. Many of these products are both toxic and persistent (that is, they maintain their structure for a long time) and are in the food chain. The challenge for government is to detect and regulate hazardous chemicals before they become a problem.

The Pesticides and herbicides are regulated by the federal government under the Pest Control Products Act. Essentially, this law imposes controls on the manufacture, importation, labeling, use, export and distribution of these products. Other toxic substances are regulated under the American Environmental Protection of the environment, which allows the government to designate substances (e.g. PCBs) that may create a serious risk to the environment. The government may also prohibit anyone from dumping chemicals into the environment. The Act also establishes a process for risk assessment of new chemical compounds (New Jersey's Environmental Agenda, 2007).

Provincial laws generally regulate the disposal of garbage and hazardous waste laws both federal and provincial govern the transport of dangerous goods. The federal government regulates the disposal of radioactive waste. In environmental matters we must prevent the occurrence of the damage and not be behind them, because even though we reached, it would most likely fix the mess we could never take place with or without intention. We must not forget that there are often irreversible damage and no one should release by paying a sum of money that have prevented and produced, dismantled, returning things to the previous situation to the extent feasible. Everyone knows that individual's duty not to damage, and social duty not to cause damage, a concept dear to a lifestyle in which the values ??of solidarity

The environmental impact assessment is another tool the government uses ...