Hazardous Waste
The essential data about hazardous waste explained in 2 infographics. Detailed charts and tables covering nuclear waste toxicity over 10 milllion years, groundwater contamination in the us and more. Learn the truth about hazardous waste and how it relates to the state of the world on The Global Education Project website with un-biased facts from the most reliable sources.
Both the USA and Canada have over 200 million tons of uranium tailings which retain 85% of their original radioactivity.
"60% of the most hazardous liquid waste in the United States, 34 billion liters of solvents, heavy metals, and radioactive materials, is injected straight into deep groundwater via thousands of injection wells..." [1]
"The industries requiring the...
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