West Bank faces toxic waste crisis

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The West Bank has become a dumping site for hazardous waste - which is making residents sick, say Israeli and Palestinian environmental groups.

Several weeks ago, villagers from Jima'in in the Nablus district complained that Israeli trucks were again dumping waste on Palestinian land.

Ayman Abu Thaher, the deputy director-general of the Palestinian Authority's Environmental Awareness Directorate said such dumping has been going on for years.

"The Israelis are using the West Bank as a cheap and easy alternative for dumping their waste at the expense of the health of Palestinians," he said.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6C49A57B-E230-4B7A-90D0-4153AA080C18.htm

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. That's disgusting capitalism at work. nt

[ProgressiveMuslim]

2. Along with unconscionable racism. nt

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. I don't think their thought processes even get that far...

they just see the tons of money to be made by dropping the stuff off where 'no-one will care'.

:(

[ProgressiveMuslim]

4. Why would you think their thought processes don't get that far?

Finish your own sentence...

where no one will care... and where no one who lives there matters!