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negotiations claiming secrecy," added Madhumita Dutta of the Corporate Accountability Desk.

The group has demanded that the negotiations should not liberalise waste trade and the talks should be opened up for public participation.

According to one published report, Japan exported at least 270 tonnes of toxic waste, including prohibited items such as zinc ash, lead acid battery wastes and copper cables coated with the poison plastic PVC, to India.

Specifically, Japan exported more than 500 tonnes of DDT and 20 tonnes of capacitor fluid containing polychlorinated biphenyl, a carcinogen and a banned chemical, in the last few years.

Indian laws too prohibit the import of hazardous wastes into India.

Activists believe that faced with an over-consumptive lifestyle and very little land space, the Japanese are desperate for new places to dump their wastes.

Japanese diplomats here refused to accept a memorandum registering Chennai's protest presented by civil society groups.


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