【Chemicalsusedforindustrialprocessesoftencreatedangerousformsofwaste.Theamountofthesechemicalshasrisenheavilyinthepastfewyears,asmoreareasoftheworldindustrializeandnewproductsareproduced.Over80,000differentc】
Chemicalsusedforindustrialprocessesoftencreatedangerousformsofwaste.Theamountofthesechemicalshasrisenheavilyinthepastfewyears,asmoreareasoftheworldindustrializeandnewproductsareproduced.Over80,000differentchemicalsareusedinindustriesworldwide.Aroundtheworldhundredsofmillionsoftonsofharmfulwasteareproducedeachyear.Often,itisdifficultandexpensivetogetridofthesechemicalsortostoretheminawaythatdoesnotendangerhumanlifeandtheenvironment.
Everyyear,majorhealthproblemsresultfromharmfulwaste.Sadly,itisoftenwhensomeonehasdiedor,becomeseriouslyillthatgovernmentswilltakeactionandreducelevelsofdumpedharmfulwaste.In1989,aschoolinNewJerseyhadtobeclosedbecausestudentstherehadsufferedtoomuchexposuretochromium.Itwaslaterlearnedthatlargeamountsofchromiumhadbeendumpednearbyandblownovertotheschoolarea.
Researchhasbeendonetoprovideinformationontheeffectsofeverychemical.Becausewastechemicalsoftenmixtogether,itwillalsobenecessarytolearnhowthecombinationsofthesechemicalsaffecthumanhealth.
Somegovernmentshaverealizedhowserioustheproblemisandaremakinglawstogetridofharmfulwaste.Theyarealsotryingtolimittheamountofwasteindustriesareallowedtoproduce.
Notonlygovernmentsbutthepublicaswellmustformpartofthesolution.Theycanchoosenottobuythoseproductswhichrequiretheproductionofharmfulwaste,attempttoaffectpolicymakers,andproducelessharmfulwastethemselves.Manyscientiststhinkthatwasteproductioncanbecut.Thewastecanbereducedbyatleastone-thirdusingexistingtechnologiesandmethods.
57.Whatismainlydiscussedinthetext?
ATheeffectofeverychemical.
B.Problemsofharmfulwaste.
C.Chemicalsusedforindustrialprocesses.
D.Eventsrelatedtowastechemicals.
58.Fromthetextweknowthat______.
A.chromiumcanpoisonpeoplewhenthereisawind
B.chromiumpollutionmakesthelocalgovernmentclosetheschool
C.Somegovernmentsdon’trealizehowserioustheproblemsareuntilpeoplesufferalotfromharmfulwaste
D.abouttwo-t