A recent Canadian study shows that U.S. shipments of hazardous
industrial waste into Canada have increased dramatically in recent
years. In 1994, it was 100,000 tons. In 1998, shipments increased to
more than 235,000 tons. The majority of this waste comes from nearby
Great Lakes states, with 37 percent coming from Michigan alone. Meanwhile, the
City of Toronto is running out of places to put its residential
garbage. Ironically, landfills in Michigan are topping the city’s list
of options. Great Lakes Radio Consortium commentator Suzanne Elston
wonders if it isn’t time to stop this trans-border trash trade: