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John Fielding,
CEO
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There were no toxic wastes from Shell-BP and Chevron to drive away humans from reaching the Niger Delta tens of thousands of years ago.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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The Republic of Benin has been the site of successful and attempted dumping of toxic wastes coming from industrialized countries.
Toxic Wastes and Race Revisited: An Update of the 1987 Report on the Racial and Socio-Economic Characteristics of Communities with Hazardous Waste Sites.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Industrial wastes supplies chemical, organic, and thermal waste in to waterways that contain heavy metals, toxic or hazardous substances.
The law does not require fertilizer manufacturers to label which fertilizers contain toxic metals or where the hazardous wastes were obtained.
The information about off–site transfers of toxic wastes has been particularly useful to activists in enforcing regulations.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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Toxic and hazardous wastes such as car batteries, acids, caustics, flammable or explosive materials, and potentially harmful wastes cannot be collected.
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Tony Howell,
Skateboarder
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Is it safe to use compost from yard wastes that have come in contact with pesticides or other toxic chemicals?
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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The bacteria and yeast give off toxic wastes in the form of acids and gasses.
Main pollutants are nutrients, pesticides and toxic wastes, and also a large amount of silt.
Biological filtration uses helpful bacteria to convert toxic fish wastes to less harmful compounds.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Toxic Wastes and Race In The United States: A National Report on the Racial and Socio-Economic Characteristics of Communities with Hazardous Waste Sites.
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