Ous,

The reason these companies are able to dump this waste in Africa and other
so-called third World countries is that they pay big money to whoever will
accept the waste for dumping into their countries, largely unbeknownst to
their general populace. It is greed and unscrupulousness that enables this to
happen. The West may want to and plan to dump their waste into our respective
countries, but if the responsible people in those countries do not let them,
they cannot do it. It is the money unfortunately.

Jabou Joh

In a message dated 6/26/2001 11:46:35 AM Central Daylight Time,
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<< Ylva:

    This is indeed very disturbing. I just can't get it when the west is
 responsible for the destabilization of the Congo region, where vast reserves
 of Uranium are extracted, and end up bringing us the radioactive residue.
 This makes me sick! Everyone knows that the proper disposal of radioactive
 waste requires the kind of money that is sometimes more than the annual
 budget of some African economies. I hope African leaders take this issue as
 serious as it is. Thanks a lot.
  >>

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