Highly persistent toxic waste threatens ‘many, if not all, human rights’

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Poor management of toxic chemicals and hazardous waste threatens “many, if not all, human rights,” the newly appointed independent human rights independent expert on the rising threat told the Human Rights Council on Monday.
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