Characteristics of Hazardous Waste: Toxic

Hazardous waste consists of materials, or mixtures of materials, that are:
Ignitable	Toxic
Reactive	Corrosive
EPA Acutely Hazardous List	EPA Unused Chemical Products List
EPA Non Specific Source List	MA State Regulated List

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Toxic

Hazardous waste that is classified as toxic contains one or more of 40 specific contaminants included in the TCLP (Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure) table:

Arsenic
Barium
Benzene
Cadmium
Carbon Tetrachloride
Chlordane
Chlorobenzene
Chloroform
Chromium
O-Cresol
M-Cresol
P-Cresol
Cresol
2,4-D
1,4 Dichlorobenzene
1,2 Dichloroethane
1,1 Dichloroethylene
2,4 Dinitrotoluene
Endrin
Heptachlor
Hexachlorobenzene
Hexachlorobutadiene
Hexachloroethane
Lead
Lindane
Mercury
Methoxychlor
Methyl ethyl ketone
Nitrobenzene
Pentachlorophenol
Pyridine
Selenium
Silver
Tetrachloroethylene
Toxaphene
Trichloroethylene
2,4,5 Trichlorophenol
2,4,6 Trichlorophenol
2,4,5-TP (Silvex)
Vinyl Chloride

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