"Denny" wrote in message
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A global Greenpeace investigation of automobile lead-acid battery
collection programs has revealed a massive flow of these extremely
toxic wastes from heavily industrialized countries -- particularly
Australia, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S. -- to many Third World
countries, particularly in Asia.
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Not just lead. Most ship breaking is done in India and similar places now -
ships full of tons of PCBs and asbestos amongst other hazards.

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