Occupational and Environmental Health: Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury - Multiple Choice Questions - Learn & Prevent

What is the term used to refer to disposal sites that were once considered 'sanitary' landfills but may now be hazardous waste sites?

1. Clean zones

2. Superfund sites

3. Brownfields

4. Recycling centers

The correct answer is: Superfund sites

Superfund sites refer to disposal sites that were once considered 'sanitary' landfills but may now be hazardous waste sites. This involves sites that have been contaminated to the point where they pose a threat to human health or the environment. Unlike clean zones which are areas designated for minimal pollution, recycling centers which only deal with the proper disposal and management of waste, and brownfields which are abandoned or underutilized industrial or commercial facilities that may have potential contamination, Superfund sites are specifically problematic sites once considered safe for landfill use. This distinction makes them the most accurate choice for the term used to refer to disposal sites that were once considered 'sanitary' landfills but may now be hazardous waste sites.