hazardous waste

Question 1

___________defines hazardous waste as
(a) substances without any safe commercial,
industrial, agricultural, or economic usage
that are shipped, transported, or brought
from another country for dumping or
disposal; and
(b) by-products, residues, or consumer
discards that pose unreasonable risk or harm
to health, safety, and the environment.

Answer 1

The Toxic Substances, Hazardous, and
Nuclear Wastes Control Act (Republic Act
6969)

Question 2

Globally. around ________ of
hazardous waste are generated each
year

Answer 2

400 million tons

Question 3

Various harmful chemicals possibly
present in our _______

Answer 3

homes

Question 4

Examples of harmful materials at home

Answer 4

Cleaning, paint, gardening, automotive, general

Question 5

Impacts of
Hazardous Waste on
Human Health

Answer 5

Skin Absorption
Inhalation
Ingestion
Injection or Puncture
Wounds

Question 6

Direct contact to hazardous wastes can cause
toxic symptoms.

Answer 6

Skin Absorption

Question 7

Hazardous compounds can enter the respiratory
system by the ________ of airborne pollutants.

Answer 7

Inhalation

Question 8

Toxic compounds that may build up in the
body over time due to contaminated ________

Answer 8

food
ingestion.

Question 9

Unintentional contact with sharp ends of
hazardous wastes.

Answer 9

Injection or Puncture
Wounds

Question 10

Acute Effects

Answer 10

Eye & Skin Irritation
Chemical Burns
Difficulty Breathing
Headaches and
Nausea
Behavioral Abnormalities

Question 11

Chronic Effects

Answer 11

Cancer
Genetic Mutations
Physiological Malfunctions
Physical Deformations
Birth Defects

Question 12

Populations Most Vulnerable
to Hazardous Waste

Answer 12

People living in poverty
Children
Women
Workers
Minority and Indigenous communities

Question 13

world’s worst industrial accident at Union
Carbide pesticide plant, Bhopal, India.

Answer 13

A Black
day in Bhopal, India Dec 2, 1984

Question 14

Affected ______ of Bhopal,
exposing up to _______
people, including illegal
squatters near the plant. (A black day in India)

Answer 14

78 km2, 600,000

Question 15

_______ immediate deaths; total
fatalities by 2003 estimated at
___________. (A black day in India)

Answer 15

8,000, 23,000

Question 16

____________ people
suffer chronic illnesses;
__________ sustained
permanent injuries (blindness,
lung damage, neurological
issues). (A black day in India)

Answer 16

120,000-150,000, 50,000-60,000

Question 16

Hazards entering our
water systems makes
the water unsafe for
drinking and
agriculture.

Answer 16

WATER
POLLUTION

Question 17

IMPACTS OF HAZARDOUS
WASTE ON THE
ENVIRONMENT

Answer 17

water pollution
fires
short-term effects
long-term effects

Question 18

Some hazardous
waste is flammable. It
has the potential to
ignite or explode,
causing a fire.

Answer 18

FIRES

Question 19

substances produce
toxic effects after just
one release — this is
what we refer to as
“__________”.

Answer 19

SHORT-TERM
EFFECTS, acute toxicity

Question 20

Long-term effects on
the environment
include signs of
mutation in animals
and other organisms.
This is also called
“_____________”.

Answer 20

LONG-TERM
EFFECTS, chronic toxicity

Question 21

HAZARDOUS
WASTE DISPOSAL
PRACTICES

Answer 21

Underground disposal
Landfill disposal
Ocean dumping
Deep-well injection
Surface impoundments
Incineration
Encapsulation
Macroencapsulation

Question 22

-strong and cost-effective option
-medical treatments, laboratory experiments,
nuclear fuel production, or radioactive ore
mining.

Answer 22

Underground disposal

Question 23

-most common and oldest method
not intended for liquid waste

Answer 23

Landfill disposal

Question 24

-to prevent groundwater contamination

Answer 24

Ocean dumping

Question 25

-pumps liquid hazardous waste deep into the
earth

Answer 25

Deep-well injection

Question 26

-depressions used to treat/store/dispose
hazardous waste (liquid)

Answer 26

Surface impoundments

Question 27

-burns hazardous waste at high temperatures

Answer 27

Incineration

Question 28

-encloses hazardous waste in a solid material
to prevent the release of contaminants into the
nvironment

Answer 28

Encapsulation

Question 29

• encloses lage volumes of hazardous waste i

Answer 29

Macroencapsulation

Question 30

Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990
Regulates the handling, treatment, and disposal of toxic and hazardous
substances, and requires businesses to report their use of such materials.

Answer 30

Republic Act No. 6969

Question 31

Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
Establishes a national solid waste management system, including provisions
for hazardous waste disposal, labeling, and collection.

Answer 31

Republic Act No. 9003

Question 32

Guidelines on the Inventory and Classification of Hazardous Wastes.

Answer 32

DAO No. 29, Series of 1992

Question 33

evised Procedures and Standards for the Management of Hazardous Wastes
by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

Answer 33

DAO No. 2013-22

Question 34

Practical Ways to
Reduce Hazardous
Waste Input into the
Environment

Answer 34

Use Pesticides Minimally

Opt for Less Harmful
Household Alternatives

Proper Disposal of
Hazardous Chemicals