concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: toxic waste

corporations and the environment
type: Concept
narrower: toxic waste

population and environment
type: Concept
narrower: toxic waste

toxic waste
type: Concept
broader: waste issues and solutions
broader: population and environment
broader: corporations and the environment
definition: Toxic waste is waste material that can cause death or injury to living creatures. Waste is considered toxic if it is poisonous, radioactive, explosive, carcinogenic (causing cancer), mutagenic (damaging chromosomes), teratogenic (causing defects in the unborn), or bioaccumulative (accumulating in the bodies of plants and animals and thus in food chains). [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Toxic Waste]

waste issues and solutions
type: Concept
narrower: toxic waste