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TOXIC E-WASTE EXPORTS PRESENT PRESSING PROBLEM
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July 31, 2008
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Rep. Gene Green, D-Texas (29th CD), issued the following news release:
Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Chairman Gene Green (D-Texas), Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), a founding member of the Congressional E-waste Working Group introduced a resolution today (H.Res. 1395) expressing the opposition of the U.S. House of Representatives to the federal policy allowing toxic electronic waste, or "e-waste" exports to developing nations. The resolution also calls for the U.S. to join other developed nations to ban such trade.
"We have introduced this resolution today to draw Congressional and public attention to this pressing problem," Green said. "Many Americans are unaware that ...
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