California's Hazardous Waste Crisis

ESTIMATES THAT IN 2006 20 PERCENT 64% HAZARDOUS WASTE BRING OURSELVES -our- GUNK AUT WE MEL oTTO THE S SENT TO NEVADA, UTAH IDAHO, OTHER STATES. | Asbestos Contaminated Sol Oil PCBS Pesticides Pesticides: 74 Tons Oil: 4,238 Tons /California (15 Miles 14,005 Tons Pesticides: 4 Tons PCBS: 1,028 Tons 24,484 Tons Pesticides: 16 Tons Asbestos: 335 Tons PCBS: 4,975 Tons 16,079 Tons 153.973 Tons 28,115 Tons 6,782 Tons 18,139 Tons 46,023 Tons NEVADA 101,673 TONS ARIZONA 140,407 TONS UTAH 220,253 TONS marked the year in which the manufacture of polychlorinated 1977 biphenyls (PCBS) was banned in the US. California shipped over 9.9 million pounds of PCBS to Nevada in 2011. 56 pounds of asbestos were shipped from California to Arizona in 2011. Asbestos is a known human carcinogen and causes lung, MILLION throat, kidney, esophageal, colon and gall bladder cancer, of California's contaminated soil was shipped out 64% of state in 2011. Utah alone received 306,000,000 pounds of that soil. "If our solution is to export our harm elsewhere, we have to be honest about what we're dong Debbie Rafael. Director of the Department of Toxic Substances Control STATE WASTE EXPORT BREAKDOWN Asbestos Contaminated Soil Dil PCBS Pesticides Arizona Arkansas Idaho Nevada Utah 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% California has the opportunity to lead the country by using its strict regulations to clean up hazardous waste in-state. It's time for California to do the right thing: take responsibility for its waste and clean it locally to reduce its growing environmental footprint. Samayolhaarau waeal a Calfoma Ccel apreahoet inenaregu toshe Colfoma Depaeeof Toac Sabtanoen Conral emed May . ad .csld Ln od. Das Manan Manuda of alawa"Sa ubu TuNfor Payohiorinand iphenyla ca Ageny for Tac Sabnanoens Dwae