Land pollution
Fundamental issues are how to restore damaged or contaminated land and how to protect unpolluted land from future damage
Problem is worsening because technology produces chemical and radioactive waste
There is a shortage of landfill space for waste disposal
Incinerators help solve the landfill shortage problem, but they produce toxic ash
Other causes of land pollution include strip-mining, nonselective cutting of forests, development of agriculture land for housing and industry
The EPA has been criticized for its handling of the $1.6 billion Superfund created in 1980 by Congress