Superfund

See also: superfund

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ fund.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

Superfund (plural Superfunds)

1. (US) A large amount of money designated for environmental cleanup by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980.

   a Superfund site

   • 2020 May 20, Hiroko Tabuchi, “Dam Failure Threatens a Dow Chemical Complex and Superfund Cleanup”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The threat to the Dow complex highlights the risks to Superfund and other toxic cleanup sites posed by the effects of climate change, which include more frequent and severe flooding.