UN letters include harsh criticism of Swedish government and Boliden mining company Over 30 years after Swedish mining company Boliden shipped almost 20,000 tonnes of toxic mining waste to the Chilean city of Arica, a group of United Nations Special Rapporteurs have made allegations of serious ongoing human rights abuses, exposed in the ARICA documentary,…
MoreMinister of Foreign Affairs – Anna Lindh Response to written question from Eva Zetterberg (v) June 30th 2000 Eva Zetterberg has asked me, referring to the health problems affecting the population in…
MoreWith nearly 100 countries on board, an international agreement which bans the exporting of toxic waste from developed to developing countries has entered into force. While this landmark move will help protect…
MoreThe Court of Appeal for northern Norrland announced on March 27th the ruling in the case about Boliden’s deliveries to Arica, Chile in the mid 1980’s. The court found, like the district…
MoreThe tide is turning against the global toxic waste trade, as an appeal court in Sweden considers the plight of nearly 12,000 victims. The Swedish mining conglomerate Boliden began shipping toxic waste…
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