'Has whopper'
Posted on 10/11/2014 12:42:53 PM PDT by waterhill
'Has whopper'
Is there a distinction between hazardous “material” and hazardous “waste”?....Yes hazardous material is the original form of anything considered hazardous (Clorox, gasoline, kerosene, etc. etc.)by the Feds. Hazardous waste is the same stuff you no longer have a need for or use for. For instance, the battery in your car is classified a hazardous substance. When you replace it, the dead battery is now hazardous waste and must be treated as such. A Hazwoper might wear a hazmat suit, a Tyvex coverall or just rubber gloves, depending on what they are doing.
Of course I am thinking about Ebola. It would seem the afflicted are treated as hazardous material while alive, and then hazardous waste upon passing. But the same suit serves in both instances.
FWIW that water can be pretty severely contaminated with bacteria. It sits in those pipes for years.
To be fair, however, the bacteria aren't likely to be of a pathogenic variety, the environment in a pipe being pretty different from that in you.
I think infectious material and infectious waste would be more accurate in that instance. Sure, it’s hazardous, but is delineated from hazardous material/ waste.
Ah yes, therein lies the distinction.
I guess that more accurately, the suits we are using when fighting Ebola should be called bio-hazard suits, rather than Hazmat.
So I guess if I bust a curly-que light bulb, you’re not gonna come clean it up for me?
Actually, you are correct. There are subtle differences between them. I saw a picture taken in Africa of a real Hazmat suit and the first thing that ran through my mind was,”There is another victim.” I believe they are suiting up with whatever is available to them. Guess we can’t blame them. Anything is better than jeans and a t-shirt.
What is the problem?
Yup, 40 is torture beyond what a human should be submitted to!
Hazwoper vs Jabberwocky
The epic movie event of the century!
BRD everywhere!
If it’s a computer course flip to the test and write down the questions. Then watch the tape and answer the questions. It’s the fastest way. It works for the Ethics course too. Er...just sayin’.
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