Kaufman H B
Environ Health Perspect. 1978 Dec;27:211-3. doi: 10.1289/ehp.7827211.
Growth of the population and of industrialization, and substandard disposal of the increased waste products thus generated, have resulted in numerous documented cases of harm to human, plant, and animal health. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976), its stated goals, and its intended means of implementation, are discussed relative to hazardous waste problems. Subtitle C of this Act, and the authority granted by it to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, are explained. Standards and regulations have been imposed upon those responsible for generating and transporting hazardous wastes, to ensure the ultimate safe disposal of such wastes in environmentally suitable, properly licensed facilities.
人口增长、工业化进程以及由此产生的日益增多的废品的不达标处理，已导致大量有记录的对人类、植物和动物健康造成危害的案例。本文探讨了《资源保护与回收法》（1976年）及其既定目标和预期实施手段与危险废物问题的相关性。该法案的C子标题及其赋予美国环境保护局的权力也得到了解释。已对负责产生和运输危险废物的各方施加了标准和规定，以确保此类废物最终在环境适宜、获得适当许可的设施中得到安全处置。
