Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (CERCLA)
By:Desteny Padilla, Brianna
Escalante,Karla Sanchez,Astrid
Acosta
What is (CERCLA) ?
CERCLA stands for Comprehensive
Environmental Responses Compensation and
Liability Act
This act helps clean up hazardous waste and
toxin exposures and decreases the threat of
other hazardous substances that may be
released
CERCLA was enacted on December 11,1980
How does CERCLA relate to toxins?
CERCLA helps reduce the exposure to toxins.
CERCLA cleans up communities that are contaminated
TOXINS
A toxin is poisonous substance it's capable of causing disease when
introduced into the body tissue
CERCLA is not a toxin its a law act that eliminates the toxic or
hazardous waste with federal money.
Possible Health outcome due to toxins
Short term
The possible health symptoms that certain toxins can be expose you
to are frostbite ,vomiting,growth delays ,rashes etc
Long term
Increase rates of cancer or other chronic diseases
Short term skin irritation.eye irritation, and respiratory or skin
becoming more sensitive
Physiological Impacts
Central Nervous System:
this controls the activities of the body most importantly our brain
and spinal cord.
depression and irritability
chloroform
Historical Events On CERCLA
Love Canal is one of the
most environmental
tragedies in American
history.
The love canal in New York is
an example municipal and
industrial chemical
dumpsites
The Love Canal tragedy
lasted through 1942 to
1953
$ 113 million love canal lawsuit
Historical Events On CERCLA
Valley Drums in Kentucky is an uncontrolled waste dump
Groundwater at the site occurs in two aquifers: a shallow
unconfirmed perched aquifer and a deeper confirmed limestone
aquifer.
It took about 40,000 dollars for emergency cleanup.
What role has the Government played in
toxin exposure?
Funding
The government plays an important role in facilitating the cleanup and redevelopment of
properties contaminated by hazardous substances
The government has an opportunity to evaluate and access public safety needs and promote
redevelopment projects that will protect and improve the health, environment, and economic
well being of the communities
Legislation
Another legislation that is also connected to this law CERCLA is the RCRA this is another law
that was created as well to manage the hazardous and non hazardous waste.
Careers
Cercla provides jobs for people to help clean up where the toxin waste is spreaded
Safeguard Against Future
Exposure
CERCLA created the "Brownfields
Amendments" Cleaning up some
of the nation's most
contaminated land.
Responding to environmental
emergencies ,like oil spills and
natural disasters.
Citations
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Web. 02 Feb. 2016.
"The Love Canal Tragedy." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency, n.d. Web. 09 Feb.
2016.
"Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA)." LII / Legal Information Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Feb. 2016.
"Cleanup of Property With Hazardous Waste or Toxins: CERCLA Liability." FreeAdvice.
N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Feb. 2016.
