Global Dumping Ground: The International Traffic in Hazardous Waste

by Bill Moyers (Contributor)

Examines the indiscriminate disposal of toxic waste worldwide

Genres: Environment

152 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

Billy Don Moyers was an American journalist and political commentator who served as the eleventh White House Press Secretary from 1965 to 1967. He was a director of the Council on Foreign Relations from 1967 to 1974. He was also a onetime steering committee member of the annual Bilderberg Meeting. Moyers also worked as a network TV news commentator for ten years. Moyers was extensively involved with public broadcasting, producing documentaries and news journal programs, and won many awards and honorary degrees for his investigative journalism and civic activities. He was well known as a trenchant critic of the corporately structured U.S. news media.

Reviews

[Elke · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a breathless expose of the now-history of international toxic waste dumping through the 1980s. I didn't check the facts in the footnotes, but I do trust Bill Moyers to get it right, even if they do use some inflammatory language. As a historical document it's very useful to read. The way government policies and greed work hand in hand to pollute our world is a bit sickening, figuratively and literally. I'm going seek out more recent work on toxic dumping now.