Toxic Waste Dumped on Cambodia to Finally be Treated by Producer
The illegal Cambodian dumping led to the deaths of 7 persons. Following that crisis, FPG then attempted to re-export the mercury waste to a dumpsite near the Latino community of Westmorland in Southern California, then to the U.S. Ecology dumpsite in Nevada, next to a dump in Idaho, to a waste disposal facility near a small town in France, a disposal firm in Germany, and once again to Nevada. In every case, citizen action caused the wastes disposal plans or contracts to be rejected, forcing FPG to finally accede to environmentalist demands. Full Story
Also includes: Chronology of Formosa Plastics Group Dumping Scandal
Source: Greenaction
