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Toxic waste dumping has been going on in the Third World for several years. Countries in the West, faced with stringent environmental laws, find it cheaper to export their wastes to poor Third World countries, than to dispose of the wastes themselves. The Third World countries are left literally holding on to the toxic wastes, their citizens suffering health consequences and their environment destroyed. This book gives recommendations on what Third World governments and peoples should do to minimise the risk of hazardous wastes, whether imported or locally produced. CONTENTS Preface Part I THIRD WORLD AS A DUMP Toxic
waste dumping in Third World countries US exports
hazardous wastes to the Third World 'Keep
the Pacific nuclear free' International
trade in toxic wates: Policy and data analysis Impact
of toxic wastes in Asia EEC
hails African about-turn on toxic wastes Efforts
to control export of toxic wastes Part II LESSONS FROM FIRST WORLD A problem
that cannot be buried Fleeing
Love Canal What
to do with waste The
crisis of old waste dumps Nuclear
dump provokes protest in Japan Part III WHAT IS TOXIC WASTE What
is hazardous waste Examples
of toxic waste Locating
and assessing soil contamination Part IV LAWS AND POLICIES TO CONTROL WASTE Laws
and policies for Third World Laws
in industrialised countries Final
resolution Conclusions
and recommendations
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