Pete "You made a claim, that some *we* forced third world children to become sick processing our toxic wastes. I asked you to give some proof of the claim. I repeat, put up or shut up."
Now, I could answer this in your own words...
"I'm sorry if it bothers you, but you'll just have to deal with it or ignore me."
... but you already confirmed what I said, so what proof do you need? You even went a step further, saying that we sell our waste. Personally I don't think we are that bad, generally spoken, but exceptions do ofcourse exist.
Anyway, take a look here. It may not be proof for the exact things I said, but it shows enough. Btw, with 'we' I was referring to all industrialized nations, but it appears that was a bit too generalizing.
"Of the 170 parties to the Convention, Afghanistan, Haiti, and the United States have signed the Convention but have not yet ratified it."
Then again, you can bet that Dutch companies were among the first to use their US' offices to handle the more problematic waste, after we ratified the Basel Convention.
Now, I could answer this in your own words...
"I'm sorry if it bothers you, but you'll just have to deal with it or ignore me."
... but you already confirmed what I said, so what proof do you need? You even went a step further, saying that we sell our waste. Personally I don't think we are that bad, generally spoken, but exceptions do ofcourse exist.
Anyway, take a look here. It may not be proof for the exact things I said, but it shows enough. Btw, with 'we' I was referring to all industrialized nations, but it appears that was a bit too generalizing.
"Of the 170 parties to the Convention, Afghanistan, Haiti, and the United States have signed the Convention but have not yet ratified it."
Then again, you can bet that Dutch companies were among the first to use their US' offices to handle the more problematic waste, after we ratified the Basel Convention.