Internationally, environmental degradation follows the paths of least resistance. Between 1989 and 1994, it is estimated that the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) countries exported 2,611,677 metric tons of hazardous wastes to non-OECD countries (16). Yet these exports should come as no surprise in light of the comments of the current U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury and former World Bank official Lawrence Summers. In a December 12, 1991, World Bank memo, Summers opined:
Environmental injustice in international context
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