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Montreal Expose
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30 Jan 2003 |
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| Montreal Expose The Montreal Protocol, the international treaty to protect the ozone layer, has been hailed as the most effective environmental agreement ever signed. Now, though, it's efficacy could be jeopardized, because the Bush administration is calling for some exemptions to a part of the treaty that calls for a global ban on the pesticide methyl bromide by 2005. Administration officials say prohibit ... |
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| Topics: Canada, ozone, politics, toxics, United Nations (all these topics) |
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