Global dumping ground
the international traffic in hazardous waste
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Author
Contributions
- Center for Investigative Reporting (U.S.) - Contributor
Publication
1990 - Seven Locks Press, Washington, Maryland
Language
English
Word Count
38,000 words, Guess
Page Count
152 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1882345M
- ISBN-10093202095X
- OCLC Control Number22210213
- OCLC Control Numberglobaldumpinggro00moye
- Library of Congress Control Number90043079
and 2 more
- LibraryThing1880353
- Goodreads1314513
Classifications
- DDC363.17
- LCCHD9975.A2 M69 1990
Description
Reveals the dangers facing our planet due to the lucrative and scandal-ridden business of trafficking in hazardous waste. Too often, the industrial world's worst poisons end up in countries where regulations are weak and seldom enforced. No country figures more prominently in this trade than the United States, which--as the world's top producer of hazardous waste--generates more than 500 million tons annually. In what amounts to the export of Love Canal, hazardous cargoes from America--used car batteries, dry cleaning fluids, banned pesticides, and the like--find dumpsites in the developing nations.
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