Environment why Consider Environment in Recovery

• Sub Issue 3: Managing hazardous wastes

• The most urgent waste concern is locating, containing and safely managing hazardous substances.
• Efforts to identify and control hazardous wastes commonly takes place during the emergency or relief phase, however exposure to hazardous substances can occur throughout recovery phase.
• One example is the exposure and inhalation of asbestos from damaged buildings which can cause serious respiratory illnesses, including lung cancer.

• According to the study, 55 of the 377 researched sites where were found to have contaminated soil.
• In the worst case, the tetra-chloro-ethylene concentration reached 3,900 times more than the environmental quality standards.
• In many cases reconstruction works were already underway, leaving the contaminated soil as it was –
• Know first, plan first.