Relation between coating industry and environmental protection. (Special Report).
The influence produced by the coating production on the environment is many-sided. Great quantities of toxic and hazardous waste gases, waste liquids and dusts produced in the coating production cause pollution to the atmosphere and water sources. More than 50% volatile organic compounds (VOC) in solvent coatings are discharged...

BMI summons 2 shippers of deadly pesticides.
Rear Admiral Ramon Liwag, chairman of the seven-man board, said Del Monte Philippines and Bayer officials will be given sufficient time to explain their side on their alleged failure to declare the nature of their cargoes. DMPI, owner of the deadly endosulfan, reportedly did not disclose in...

Brownfields dilemma.
A VOLUNTARY OPTION The paradox of the Superfund law is that it aggravates the problem that it's supposed to cure. So states are attempting new and better ways to clean up polluted sites. One of the great ironies of hazardous waste cleanup in this country is how a...

Just the remedy.
Indian mustard, sunflowers and bacteria from the gut of a whale are becoming major players in an environmental clean-up campaign battling with the likes of oil, uranium and nerve gas. WHERE THERE'S MUCK there's brass" is a saying that could have been coined for environmental cleanup. Dealing...

Hazardous waste recycling under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: problems and potential solutions.
I. Introduction When Congress passed the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)(1) in 1976, one of its primary objectives was "assuring that hazardous waste management practices are conducted in a manner which protects human health and the environment."(2) As the laws name implies, Congress also wanted to...

Genetically modified food and international law - the biosafety protocol and regulations in Europe.
I. INTRODUCTION Biotechnology has the potential to transform industry, including pharmaceuticals, and agriculture.(1) The Biosafety Protocol [hereinafter Protocol], adopted by over 130 states in Montreal, Canada, on January 30, 2000, defines modern biotechnology in the context of regulating the international trade of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This...

Taxing hazardous waste: the U.S. experience.
Abstract Many states in the US impose taxes on hazardous waste. This paper conducts an empirical evaluation of the determinants of these taxes and reviews earlier research on their effects on hazardous waste. Earlier studies have shown that the taxes affect waste management, but my results and...

How environmentally-friendly candidates fared in the congressional elections of 2002: a time of green anxiety?
Introduction After years of mounting pollution across the American landscape, Congress enacted ambitious environmental legislation, particularly throughout the 1970s. Ensuing decades, however, brought torpid federal environmental policy. Conservationists became especially anxious as a duo of oil company executives became president and vice president in 2001. Their fears...

Social justice and environmental equity: Distributing environmental quality.
Abstract This paper reviews a number of approaches to understanding the sources of social inequalities in environmental risk distributions, including "rational" market forces, taking the "path of least resistance" and finally "classism" and "environmental racism." Six case studies are presented in order to demonstrate how inequitable distributions...

DoH office airs concern on disposal of hospital wastes.
An official of the Environmental and Occupational Health Office (EOHO) of the Department of Health (DoH) recently expressed concern over the improper disposal of hospital wastes in the country and its impact on the health of the people, particularly the rise of respiratory diseases as well as skin diseases....