Toxic Exportation. Rachel Ross.
by Ross, Rachel; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 42Environment. Publisher: Toronto Star, 2005ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Basel Convention on Transboundary Movements of Haz | Hazardous waste -- Export and import trade | Hazardous wastes | Pollution -- Canada | Pollution -- ChinaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "If it's not our problem, is it their solution? The Canadian government doesn't want to stop sending electronic waste to developing countries. They need it, according to Environment Canada, to build their economies. All that waste might be posing serious health problems in poor farming communities overseas, but as long as it's not leaking anything nasty when it leaves our shores, Canadian officials will let it go." (TORONTO STAR) This article addresses the ineffectiveness of the Basel Convention "to control the flow of hazardous wastes from richer to less-developed nations ill-equipped to recycle or dispose of the materials in a safe, environmentally sound manner," noting that, despite the treaty, wealthier countries continue to dump "old computers, cellphones, VCRs and other e-junk on the developing world."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Toxic Exportation, Jan. 3, 2005; pp. n.p..
"If it's not our problem, is it their solution? The Canadian government doesn't want to stop sending electronic waste to developing countries. They need it, according to Environment Canada, to build their economies. All that waste might be posing serious health problems in poor farming communities overseas, but as long as it's not leaking anything nasty when it leaves our shores, Canadian officials will let it go." (TORONTO STAR) This article addresses the ineffectiveness of the Basel Convention "to control the flow of hazardous wastes from richer to less-developed nations ill-equipped to recycle or dispose of the materials in a safe, environmentally sound manner," noting that, despite the treaty, wealthier countries continue to dump "old computers, cellphones, VCRs and other e-junk on the developing world."
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