Toxic Waist
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Toxic Exports
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Author : Jennifer Clapp
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-10-18
Toxic Exports written by Jennifer Clapp and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-18 with Political Science categories.
In recent years, international trade in toxic waste and hazardous technologies by firms in rich industrialized countries has emerged as a routine practice. Many poor countries have accepted these deadly imports but are ill equipped to manage the materials safely. For more than a decade, environmentalists and the governments of developing countries have lobbied intensively and generated public outcry in an attempt to halt hazardous transfers from Northern industrialized nations to the Third World, but the practice continues.In her insightful and important book, Jennifer Clapp addresses this alarming problem. Clapp describes the responses of those engaged in hazard transfer to international regulations, and in particular to the 1989 adoption of the Basel Convention. She pinpoints a key weakness of the regulations—because hazard transfer is dynamic, efforts to stop one form of toxic export prompt new forms to emerge. For instance, laws intended to ban the disposal of toxic wastes in the Third World led corporations to ship these byproducts to poor countries for "recycling." And, Clapp warns, current efforts to prohibit this "recycling movement" may accelerate a new business endeavor: the relocation to poor countries of entire industries that generate toxic wastes.Clapp concludes that the dynamic nature of hazard transfer results from increasingly fluid global trade and investment relations in the context of a highly unequal world, and from the leading role played by multinational corporations and environmental NGOs. Governments, she maintains, have for too long failed to capture the initiative and have instead only reacted to these opposing forces.
Hazardous And Toxic Waste Disposal
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Hazardous And Toxic Waste Disposal written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Factory and trade waste categories.
Toxic Waste And Human Rights
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Author : Cyril Uchenna Gwam
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2010
Toxic Waste And Human Rights written by Cyril Uchenna Gwam and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
This book discusses the adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of hazardous, toxic, and dangerous wastes and products in developing countries, and the effect of such activities on the enjoyment of human rights, more from the perspective of the resolutions of the former United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights (CHR). It is now called Human Rights Council. This study stands for the proposition that the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous wastes and products adversely affect the environment and human rights to life and health. It illustrates that dumpers are mainly transnational corporations. It demonstrates that, although the international community is aware of the effects of toxic wastes dumping on human rights, there exist certain factors militating against the full implementation of CHR resolutions on toxic wastes. These factors are: the politics of human rights, and the politics of first and second generation rights; the inequity of international legal instruments; the lack of will or commitment of certain states to comply with their international obligations; the attitude of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) towards the Special Rapporteur on Toxic Wastes; the status of international human rights laws; and the legal status of the CHR's resolutions. However, despite the difficulties in implementing the CHR's resolutions, the study supports the proposition that dumpers should be prosecuted for criminal activities in accordance with the state's domestic laws. Victims should be able to receive compensation for physical and emotional injuries, economic loss, and substantial impairment of their fundamental rights resulting from human rights violations. Specifically, developing countries should construct domestic legal system to protect such fundamental rights.
Toxic Waste
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Author : Tony Hare
language : en
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Release Date : 1991
Toxic Waste written by Tony Hare and has been published by Franklin Watts this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Examines the origins of toxic waste, both in industry and the home, and explains what we can do to avoid some of its dangers.
Toxic Terror
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Author : Third World Network
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Toxic Terror written by Third World Network and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Hazardous substances categories.
Toxic Waste
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Author : Peggy J. Parks
language : en
Publisher: KidHaven Publishing
Release Date : 2006
Toxic Waste written by Peggy J. Parks and has been published by KidHaven Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Hazardous wastes categories.
From mountains of office paper to restaurant garbage and junk automobiles, billions of tons of waste are created every year. With the exception of clogging the world's overflowing landfills, waste is not necessarily harmful -- but that is not always the case. Many types of waste (known as toxic waste) are poisonous to the environment, humans, and wildlife. This book helps readers understand what toxic waste is, where it comes from, how serious of a problem it is, and what is being done about it.
Waste Not Want Not
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Author : Robert Allen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Waste Not Want Not written by Robert Allen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with Political Science categories.
No-one wants toxic waste dumped in their back yard. Dioxins and furans from incinerators, dangerous chemicals leaching from landfill sites and the apparently random dumping of nuclear waste are all clear threats to our health and lives. In fact any waste not properly dealt with can become dangerous - yet industry and state seem to collude recklessly in its production. Robert Allen describes the waste produced in Britain and Ireland and the woefully inadequate means of dealing with it. He looks, too, at governmental intransigence and dishonesty and at industry's refusal to consider the needs of local communities. He also gives an account of the available legislation governing toxic waste and the degree to which it will need radical change in the face of a rapidly growing problem. Waste dumping impinges on people's lives, and he examines some of the very successful campaigns against the many ill-considered dumping grounds. As governments only respond to pressure, there are valuable lessons to be learnt from these campaigns. This book sets out the nature of the problem and provides a basis on which to tackle it. Originally published in 1992
Hazardous And Toxic Wastes
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Author : Shyamal K. Majumdar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Hazardous And Toxic Wastes written by Shyamal K. Majumdar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Science categories.
Industrial Disasters Toxic Waste And Community Impact
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Author : Francis O. Adeola
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2012-09-27
Industrial Disasters Toxic Waste And Community Impact written by Francis O. Adeola and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-27 with Social Science categories.
Industrial Disasters, Toxic Waste, and Community Impact focuses on hazardous and toxic wastes releases, industrial disasters, the consequent contamination of communities and the environment, and the subsequent social impacts, including adverse health effects, deaths and property destruction, psychosocial problems, and community disruption. This book explains the emergence of a sociological study of risk and of natural, technological, and hybrid disasters, along with a review of the accumulated body of knowledge in the field. It is unique in its integration of sociological perspectives with perspectives from other disciplines when discussing the problems posed by technological hazards both in advanced industrialized societies and in the underdeveloped world. Francis O. Adeola extends the field through an innovative presentation of topics which up to now have had sparse treatment in sociology texts. This book starts by presenting the sociology of hazardous waste, risk, and disasters as a relatively new development, engendering both a growing passion and an increasing volume of empirical research among scholars. Next, it describes how hazardous and toxic wastes disposal, exposure, remediation, and proximate adverse health consequences have risen to the level of endemic social problem both in the United States and around the world. After discussing these cases in relation to contemporary theories of industrial and organizational disasters, Adeola delves into classifying of hazardous wastes, indicating the characteristics of each type of waste, and identifying what makes them especially dangerous to people and the environment. Other major topics addressed in the rest of the book include electronic waste (e-waste) as a new species of trouble in terms of the volume and toxicity of global e-waste generation and management, the environmental and health risks of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), case studies of contaminated communities within the United States and across the globe, the international flows of toxic waste, analysis of risk and environmental contamination by race and ethnicity in the United States, and the juxtaposition of the issues of environmental justice and human rights. With its many contributions to environmental sociology, Industrial Disasters, Toxic Waste, and Community Impact will be a valuable addition to the libraries of students, scholars, and practitioners interested in the intersection of toxic waste releases, human exposure to contaminants, and public health.
Toxic Waste And Recycling
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Author : Nigel Hawkes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Toxic Waste And Recycling written by Nigel Hawkes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Discusses the problems associated with waste disposal including who should pay for accidents, the clean up of pollution, and recycling.