ES196 May 1984: Table of Contents

Senior Research Seminar

Environmental Sciences Major, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-2922

Instructor

Doris Sloan

Editor

Doris Sloan


Hazardous Substances: A Community Perspective

1984 - Cover & Front Material

Introduction

Section I - Hazardous Waste Regulation

Lynelle Johnson
Hazardous Waste: Overview of Federal and State Regulations

Richard L. Nelson
Cooperative Federalism and Regulation of Hazardous Wastes: Can We Have Both?

Craig W. Wong
The Hazardous Waste Management System in California: An Organizational Analysis

Section II - Environmental Impacts of Hazardous Substances

Stephanie Valentine
Pollutants and Their Effects on San Francisco Bay Wildlife

Greta L. Kaplan
Metal Pollution in San Francisco Bay Salt Marsh Plants

David Finck
Laying Wastes to Land: Problems and Future Outlook of Land Application of Composted Sewage Sludge

Section III - Lessons from Large-Scale Hazardous Waste Generators

Nancy Woo
PCBs and General Electric in Oakland

Jean-Pierre Salgado
Strategies For Hazardous Waste Disposal at Dow Chemical Company

Garret Mayer
Chevron U.S.A: An Examination of Oil-Wastewater Separation

Section IV - Community Management of Hazardous Waste from Small Generators

A. Households

Nancy Knappenberger
Berkeley's Household Hazardous Waste Alternatives

Cheryl Swanson
Hazardous Household Cleaners: The Need for Alternatives

Michelle Pappe
Prevalent Insecticides Used in the Household: Their Hazards and Alternatives

Djon Gentry
Household Automotive Waste Oil: Generation and Disposal

Andrew Cohen
The Role of Recycling in Community Collection of Hazardous Waste

Appendix
Berkeley Household Survey

B. Business and Industry

Janet Crawford
Hazardous Waste Generation and Disposal Practices of Berkeley Photofinishing Laboratories

John Dawson
Hazardous Materials and Wastes from Berkeley Printers

Barbara Elwell
Hazardous Materials in Berkeley's Automotive Garages

Janet Naito
Hazardous Waste Generation by Berkeley Dry Cleaners

Tim Potter
Berkeley Marina's Toxic Wastes: Generation and Mitigation

Kim Fong
Occupational Health Hazards to Nursery Workers

Appendix
Berkeley Small Business Form

C. The University of California Campus

Carla Schultheis
A Guide to the Disposal of Toxic Chemicals in UC Berkeley Laboratories

Appendix
Manual for the Safe Disposal of Hazardous Chemical Waste