Hazardous Waste
2000 Developments

09/12/00 Greenpeace urges the Indian government to enforce its laws against hazardous waste imports, citing increases in illegal dumping from industrialized nations
09/07/00 Canada may accept a U.S. military shipment of PCB waste after being rejected by Japan
09/01/00 Oil contaminated with PCB stolen from Zambian hydroelectric power supplier sold to public, supplier issues human health and environmental warnings
07/28/00 Canadian environmental minister urges local governments to halt increasing transboundary waste imports from U.S.
06/14/00 Workshop on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure aims to make African countries aware of their legal rights to control or prohibit the introduction of hazardous materials and pesticides in international trade
06/06/00 President Clinton and Ukrainian Leader Kuchma jointly declared the permanent closing of Chernobyl in December
03/20/00 Holland issues licence to import Taiwanese chemical waste for incineration, shocking Greenpeace and the Basel Action Network
03/06/00 Submission to the CEC brought by the Environmental Health Coalition alleging that Mexico has neglected its environmental laws regarding an abandoned lead smelter in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico