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(3) Toxic Waste Behind Somali Pirates
By blaming the victims, the international community and dominant media have ignored the "unregulated (IUU) fleets from around the world that have been poaching and dumping toxic waste in Somali waters since the fall of the Somali government eighteen years ago." Foreign interests have been using hundreds of vessels to loot "the country's food supply," according to the High Seas Task Force (HSTF), stealing "an estimated $450 million in seafood from Somali waters annually" and ruining the livelihoods of Somali fishermen.
Instead of rectifying the problem, the UN passed "aggressive resolutions that entitle and encourage transgressors to wage war on Somali pirates." NATO, the EU, and other countries issued similar orders. Starving Somalis are responding as they have every right to do, yet are called criminals for defending their own waters and protecting their rights.
(4) Nuclear Waste Pools in North Carolina
Progress Energy's North Carolina Shearon Harris nuclear plant "contains the largest radioactive waste storage pools in the country." If the cooling system malfunctions, "the resulting fire would be virtually unquenchable and could trigger a nuclear meltdown." According to Helen Caldicott and other experts, the likelihood of one happening somewhere is virtually certain - the result of human error, faulty maintenance, a terrorist attack, or for some other reason. If a major city is located downwind, forced evacuation would follow and residents prevented ever from returning because of irremediable toxic radiation.
According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Shearon Harris has a history of unresolved safety issues and numerous emergency shutdowns. Problems there "continue with chilling regularity." Yet the NRC ignores the potential risks. As a result, the plant is "a nuclear time bomb," and millions in the region are at risk.
(5) Europe Blocks US Toxic Products
Unlike in America, European countries "are moving toward a....model of insisting on environmental and consumer safety" that requires assessing thousands of chemicals for their potential toxic effects. New regulations will mandate that companies seeking market access eliminate toxic substances and produce safer electronics, automobiles, toys and cosmetics.
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