Hazardous Wastes and the Anthrosphere

Many of the adverse effects of hazardous substances occur in the anthrosphere. One of the main examples of such effects occurs as corrosion of materials that are strongly acidic or basic or that otherwise attack materials. Fire and explosion of hazardous materials can cause severe damage to anthrospheric infrastructure. 

The fate of hazardous materials is often in the anthrosphere. One of the main examples of a material dispersed in the anthrosphere consists of lead-based anticorrosive paints used to be widely coated on steel structural members. 

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