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Saturday, August 1, 1992
Volume:
8
Issue:
8
Pg. 324
Abstract:
On August 11, 1992, the United States Senate ratified the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal. The Convention has the purpose of prohibiting the shipment of hazardous waste to countries lacking appropriate facilities for such material. The Convention took effect on May 5 of this year after Australia became the twentieth country to ratify it…[more]