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Poor countries push for toxic waste export ban

Source: GMA News

Bali : Cameroon | about 1 year ago

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Indonesia African nations and other poor countries at a UN conference pushed Friday for a ban on toxic waste exports that they said would protect them from the steady stream of dangerous chemicals and old electronics damaging their health and environment.

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