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The Amazing Technicolor Dream Cote
Ivory Coast scandal highlights illegal dumping of toxic waste |
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28 Sep 2006 |
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| The Amazing Technicolor Dream Cote Ivory Coast scandal highlights illegal dumping of toxic waste The recent dumping of toxic oil byproducts and subsequent deaths of eight citizens in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, has highlighted the shady world of illegal toxic-waste disposal. The practice of unloading nasties on developing countries was addressed by the U.N.'s Basel Convention in 1989 (you remember that one), ... |
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| Topics: Africa, globalization, news, toxics, United Nations (all these topics) |
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