Press Releases and News Stories

• Spain Brings Forward White Asbestos Ban - 20 December 2001
• UN Official Criticizes Chemical Exports - 18 December 2001
• Toronto Votes to Send its Trash to Michigan - 6 December 2001
• Bhopal's Legacy - 6 December 2001
• Bhopal Activists Turn to Dow - 2 December 2001
• Green Protest at Scrap Unit in Andhra Pradesh - 6 December 2001
• Officials Arrest Polluters - 23 November 2001
• Group Hits Moves to Repeal Incineration Ban - 14 November 2001
• Pesticides Sent as Aid to Nepal Now Toxic Waste - 18 October 2001
• Greenpeace to Help Nepal Disposal of Toxic Wastes - 15 October 2001
• Anti-Ozone Chemicals Enter...New Delhi - 14 October 2001
• Monsanto Opens Factory in Bahia Brazil - 11 October 2001
• Greenpeace Cleans up Dangerous Pesticides in Nepal - 11 October 2001
• Developing Countries Learn to Limit Chemical Risks - 11 October 2001
• Groups Urge Alternatives to Burning - 11 October 2001
• New International Convention Bans Organotin Compounds - 9 October 2001
• Unilever's Mercury Fever - 4 October 2001
• WWF Calls on the IMO Members to Adhere to Ban - 3 October 2001
• Experts Hail Usa Victory as Milestone - 3 October 2001
• Call for Blanket Ban on Asbestos - 3 October 2001
• Use Fines to Move Ash Body - 2 October 2001
• Report Trashes Tories on Waste - 2 October 2001
• Danes Call for Voluntary Retardents Boycott - 1 October 2001
• States Gather to Debate TBT Ship Paint Ban - 1 October 2001
• Cherokee Nation Says No to Toxic Ash from Infamous Philadelphia - 1 October 2001
• Unwanted Wandering Ash Won't be Going to Oklahoma - 28 September 2001
• Task Force Forming to Oppose Cherokee Nation Trash Deal - 25 September 2001
• ECO Poisoning HLL Style - 12 September 2001
• Shippers are Urged to Cease Dangerous Recycling Methods - 11 September 2001
• Mercury Storage Amendments Fail in Face of Pentagon's Opposition - 11 September 2001
• Pentagon Says No to Maine Mercury - 7 September 2001
• Junkyard Scrapped: Alang Shipbreakers Look Westwards as Orders Stop Coming - 3 September 2001
• Industrialised and Developing Countries are Under Threat from Asbestos Dangers - 28 August 2001
• Taiwan: Firm 'Mishandled' Hazardous Waste - 24 August 2001
• Recycling Company Targets Computers - 23 August 2001
• Denmark to Stop Funding to Toxic Waste Project - 22 August 2001
• Bush Expected to Ignore Hazardous Waste Pact - 20 August 2001
• Chemicals Lose Trade Fight to Green Groups; Commerce - 15 August 2001
• Ratification of Basel Accord Without Ban on Exports Opposed by Environment Coalition - 13 August 2001
• Green Groups Call on USA to Ratify International Toxic Waste Dumping Ban as Part of Basel Treaty - 9 August 2001
• Aarhus Convention Starts Count-Down to Entry into Force - 9 August 2001
• Canadian Imports of Hazwaste Down in 2000 - 3 August 2001
• World's Activists Unite to Target Waste Incinerators - 24 July 2001
• Landmark Basel Ban Ruling Awaited - 13 July 2001
• Toxic Troubles: Health Questions at Trans Cycle Industry's PCB Plant - 10 July 2001
• Sweden Moves Toward Complete Mercury Phase-Out - 29 June 2001
• NAFTA Nations Can't Track Toxic Waste - 28 June 2001
• Allen and Balcucci Introduce Mercury Storage and Safe Disposal Act of 2001 - 21 June 2001
• Environmental Group Criticizes Waste Incineration Method - 19 June 2001
• Ship Dismantling Industry Set to Go Green - 19 June 2001
• Canada Becomes Haven for Toxic Waste - 18 June 2001
• Global Activist Alliance Declares War Against Incineration - 23 May 2001
• Environmentalists Claim Victory as Toxic Chemical Treaty is Formally Adopted - 23 May 2001
• Japan Hit for Backing Incineration Project - 21 May 2001
• China Ratifies Global Accord to End Waste Dumping - 15 May 2001
• Philippines Finally Acts on Poisonous US Legacy - 15 May 2001
• Resistance Builds Against Waste Incinerators - 15 May 2001
• Judge Throws Out Chemical Industry Suit to Exclude Greens from US Trade Advisory Committee - 10 May 2001
• Pesticide Waste Endangers Millions in Poor Nations - 9 May 2001
• Shipowners to Blame for Alang Pollution - 3 May 2001
• Living Free of Pollution Called Basic Human Right - 30 April 2001
• Environmentalists Applaud Human Rights Commission for Helping to Fight Toxic Trade - 27 April 2001
• Lever Ex-Workers Go on Hunger Strike to Condemn Company's Insensitivity - 22 April 2001
• Shipbreaking Labourers See Hope on Horizon - 16 April 2001
• Lever Plays Rough to Cover-Up Mercury Mess - 11 April 2001
• 2000 Tons of Ash Still on Barge - 5 April 2001
• Foreign Mercury Waste Still Contaminating South Africa - 28 March 2001
• New Home for Mercury Hard to Find - 28 March 2001
• MNC Admits to Mercury Pollution from India Factory - 24 March 2001
• Hindustan Lever Admits to Dumping Mercury-Containing Wastes - 22 March 2001
• Alliance Protests Shipment of Mercury from HoltraChem - 20 March 2001
• Government Finally Agrees to Open Secret Chemical Industry Advisory Committee to Greens - 16 March 2001
• NGOs Welcome WTO Greenlight to French Ban on Asbestos - 14 March 2001
• Tons of Mercury Heading for Area Company Along Saucon Creek to Receive 80 Tons - 14 March 2001
• Harvard Students Rip New President Lawrence Summers on Toxic Waste Memo - 13 March 2001
• Tamilnadu Groups Launch Alliance Against Mercury and Lever - 13 March 2001
• WTO Upholds France's Ban on Asbestos - 13 March 2001
• High Quantities of Poor-Quality Pesticides Sold in Developing Countries - 9 March 2001
• "Lever Clean-Up Don't Cover Up" - 9 March 2001
• HLL Orders Comprehensive Audit and Review at Thermometer Plant Suspends Operations for the Time Being - 8 March 2001
• Multinational Accused of Poisoning Indian Beauty Spot - 8 March 2001
• Dangerous Mercury Thermometer Factory and Waste Dump in India has Links to Major U.S. Company - 7 March 2001
• Ship Contaminated Waste Back to U.S. Mainland Saipan Islanders Petition - 7 March 2001
• Lawsuit Forces Commerce Dept to Accept Environmental Input - Jan/Feb 2001
• Mercury to Leave Orrington Facility - 27 February 2001
• States to Adopt Resloution on Retiring Mercury - 26 February 2001
• Basel Ban Stops Toxic Ship in Amsterdam - 19 February 2001
• A Trail of Refuse - 18 February 2001
• Equipment Containing PCBs May Be Flown From Japan to U.S. - 17 February 2001
• D.E.P. Decides not to Reclassify HoltraChem Mercury - 16 February 2001
• Netherlands Keeps Toxic Ship from Sailing - 15 February 2001
• Environmentalists Applaud Mercury Action by U.S. Senator Collins - 15 February 2001
• Greenpeace Calls on Shipping Industry to Stop Using Asia as Dumping Ground - 15 February 2001
• Canada Takes Controversial NAFTA Ruling to Court - 12 February 2001
• Bill Would Require EPA to Devise Mercury Stockpile Retirement Plan - 9 February 2001
• Canada Seeks Application to Set Aside NAFTA Tribunal Award in S. D. Myers Arbitration - 8 February 2001
• Mercury Conundrum - 5 February 2001
• Philly Ash Barge Will Star in Film - 3 February 2001
• India Bound Mercury Shipment Turns Back to U.S. - 30 January 2001
• Angry Officials Blast Trash Company - 31 January 2001
• Activists to Bush: Reject Barge Ash - 30 January 2001
• Greens Urge US Congress to Ban Mercury - 30 January 2001
• Activists Hail Recall of Toxic USA Mercury Shipment to India - U.S. Congress to Consider Storage/Sales and Export Ban - 29 January 2001
• Unwanted Garbage May At Last Find Florida Home - 28 January 2001
• State Intervenes on Ash Dumping Outrage Triggers Delay Request for Traveling Trash - 27 January 2001
• Money over (Nuclear) Matter - 27 January 2001
• Incinerator Ash May Land in Florida - 27 January 2001
• Mercury Will Not be Transported to India After All - 26 January 2001
• World Weary Trash May Find Final Resting Place in Broward - 26 January 2001
• Unwanted Trash Headed for Broward - 26 January 2001
• Representative to Introduce Bill to Stop Used Mercury from Being Dumped in Third World Countries - 25 January 2001
• Controversy Around Mercury Shipment from US to India - 25 January 2001
• Mercury: Bombay-Bound Cargo Sent Back to U.S. - 24 January 2001
• Greenpeace Denounces Arctic Route for Nuke Waste - 24 January 2001
• India-Bound Shipment of Mercury From Maine Plant is Stopped in Egypt - 24 January 2001
• Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust - 18 January 2001
• Russians in 20 Cities Protest Nuke Waste Import Plan - 16 January 2001
• NAFTA Ruling on PCB Export Ban Seen as Far Reaching - 16 January 2001
• Citing Toxic Concerns India Set to Refuse Maine Mercury - 14 January 2001
• Equipment Containing PCBs to be Shipped from Japan to U.S - 14 January 2001
• Court Judge Upholds Right to Sue Holtrachem to Force Mercury Cleanup - 12 January 2001
• 2000 Tons of Ash Await Next Leg - 7 January 2001
• US Indian Groups Protest Export of Waste Mercury to India - 5 January 2001
• Dock Workers Urged to Block Mercury Cargo - 4 January 2001
• America's Unwanted Headed for India? - 2 January 2001

Last updated: 3 November 2003