Table of Contents
List of Tables viii
List of Figures xii
Acknowledgments xiii
Preface xv
1 Hazardous Waste Sources and Volumes: The First Dimension of a Credibility Gap 1
2 The Conditions for the Creation of a Wide Credibility Gap: Private and Public Control of Hazardous Waste and Waste Sites 30
3 The Uncertain State of Knowledge About the Effects of Hazardous Waste Sites 84
4 The Orphans: Abandoned Hazardous Waste Sites in the United States 106
5 Abandoned Hazardous Waste Dumpsites in New Jersey: Where and What Effects 130
6 The Unwanted: Finding New Hazardous Waste Sites in the United States 164
7 Adding Credibility to the Siting Process at the Local Government Scale: Constraint Mapping and Location Standards as Planning Tools 191
8 Changes Needed to Gain Credibility 235
Index 269