Superfund

Superfund
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Superfund
Superfund is an environmental program established to address identified abandoned hazardous waste sites. Superfund also refers to the fund established by the comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 for the cleanup of lands contaminated by hazardous waste. Such land is identified by the Environmental Protection Agency and listed as a candidate for cleanup if it poses' risks to human health and/or the environment in general. The Environmental Protection Agency collaborates with communities, scientists, contractors, researchers, and local, state, and Federal authorities to identify waste sites test the state and conditions of the site, come up with cleanup plans, and finally decontaminate the sites CITATION Nat11 \l 1033 ((U.S), 2011). There is always a debate about whether superfund cleanups leave the waste sites any safer. Most remediation programs are associated with ground water which is the main pathway for Superfund risk exposures, thus it forms the central target of most cleanups. Clean up goals must be clarified upon which the standar...