Article: India's High Court Bans Import of Toxic Waste

Article: Toxic Waste
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences;      700+ words ...Toxic Waste LAWRENCE SUMMERS ’ S MEMO The safe disposal of toxic waste has become a global challenge. Each year, world nations produce 440 million tons of toxic waste. This is a highly conservative estimate, given ...

Article: Toxic waste dumping query
The Malay Mail;  July 8, 2004 ;     505 words ... ... saddled with some 12,000 metric tons of toxic waste imported into the country by a local ... Resources and Environment had conceeded that toxic waste had been brought into the country ... revealed that 386 containers contained toxic waste and of this, 223 were found at the ...

Article: Berkeley silversmith jailed on toxic waste charges
Oakland Tribune;  October 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... month in jail on a charge of violating toxic waste laws is encouraging news for city and ... for violating felony probation from a toxic waste dumping conviction in 2003. That conviction ... though he admits he was guilty of putting toxic waste, such as acid and heavy metals, directly ...

Article: USC chemist develops cost-cutting method of ...
PR Newswire;  July 30, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... CHEMIST DEVELOPS COST-CUTTING METHOD OF TOXIC-WASTE MANAGEMENT LOS ANGELES, July 30 /PRNewswire ... cutting answer to the worldwide dilemma of toxic-waste management has been developed at the ... Benson, "is that chemical scrubbing of toxic waste is costly, burying it is both costly ...

Article: Killing Me Softly: Toxic Waste, Corporate Profit, ...
Rural Society;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Smith, J 2002, Killing me softly: Toxic waste, corporate profit, and the stuggle ... paperback. The political economy of toxic waste offers examples of the ways in which ... book outlines the political economy of toxic waste disposal and describes the resistance ...

Article: More Nonwhites Are Living Near Toxic Waste Sites; ...
The Washington Post;  August 25, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... nonwhites in the United States who live near toxic waste dumps increased from 25 percent to almost ... nonwhites lived in areas with no commercial toxic waste dumps, whereas 46 percent lived in ... more likely than whites to live near a toxic waste site. The study was sponsored jointly ...

Article: Vic: Liberals say they won't build a toxic waste ...
AAP General News (Australia);  August 11, 2006 ;     335 words ... ... Liberals say they won't build a toxic waste dump in state MELBOURNE, Aug 11 AAP ... Liberal Party has promised not to build a toxic waste dump in Victoria if it wins the state ... individuals to find ways to minimise their toxic waste. "The Liberal Party has no plans for ...