EXAMPLE:
The 1996 Valujet crash in the Florida
Everglades is an example of hazardous waste handling negligence. The cause of the
crash which took the lives of all 110 passengers and crew was five ordinary cardboard
boxes containing expired, unexpended, uncapped chemical oxygen generators (Ducan
et al., 1996). This tragic crash might have been prevented, if the pertinent individuals
handling these generators had recognized them as hazardous waste and labeled, stored,
packaged and transported them accordingly.