Ghana is also a common destination for "e-waste" - used computers and televisions from the West, which often contain toxic material.
The rating agencies blissfully gave AAA status to this toxic material.
What we're doing here is cutting down on landfill use, on possibly toxic material entering the environment, and the Rhondda's getting jobs out of it.
At some projects, leaks of toxic material have polluted waterways.
That is, if you are not a strong enough economy to pay high wages, you will likewise not be a strong enough economy to ensure against dumping, occupational exposure to workers, rights of workers to redress harm, infrastructure to manage toxic residual material downstream, government monitoring and enforcement of laws etc.
The cabinet has also said that warehouses need to meet environmental standards, including having improved management and storage procedures for toxic chemicals, explosives and radioactive material and use renewable energy sources, such as solar power when possible.
Then, in the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, it turned into a scene of indescribable horror as sparks lit a fire in the soundproofing material above the stage, churning out black, toxic smoke as flames raced through the former beer warehouse, killing 231 people.
Nanotech also allows for "green manufacturing"--manufacturing processes that can take place at ordinary temperatures, reducing energy costs, while the use of non-toxic catalysts minimize pollution and bottom-up construction leaves no wasted material behind.
The SEC, he said, has often updated its assessment of what constitutes material risk for investors, beginning with new environmental criteria following the Love Canal toxic dump scandal of the late 1970s.
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