Can Globalization Survive the Export of Hazard?. / Hilary French.
by French, Hilary; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 51Environment. Publisher: USA Today (Magazine), 2001ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Asbestos | Developing countries -- Environmental conditions | Globalization | Hazardous waste sites -- Developing countries | Hazardous wastes | International trade | Pesticides -- Developing countries | Pollution -- Developing countriesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Due to a globalized economy, developing countries are trying to cope with thousands of hazardous industrial chemicals they did not invent and that they have little capacity to regulate adequately." (USA TODAY) The author presents cases in which hazardous products were not disposed of properly and explains that through trade and long-range transport even "people and wildlife in some of the world's most remote places are being exposed to some of the highest levels of chemical contamination anywhere on Earth.".
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Originally Published: Can Globalization Survive the Export of Hazard?, May 2001; pp. 20-23.
"Due to a globalized economy, developing countries are trying to cope with thousands of hazardous industrial chemicals they did not invent and that they have little capacity to regulate adequately." (USA TODAY) The author presents cases in which hazardous products were not disposed of properly and explains that through trade and long-range transport even "people and wildlife in some of the world's most remote places are being exposed to some of the highest levels of chemical contamination anywhere on Earth.".
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