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Israel dumps its toxic waste at West Bank villages

In addition to the depleted uranium and sewage lakes the Palestinians have to contend with in Gaza, on the West Bank it's the Israeli's simply dumping their unwanted toxic waste that is a growing concern, and is probably partly responsible for growing number of cancers in the region
Israeli toxic waste threatens Palestinian life
Fri, 22 May 2009 05:03:37 GMT

Israeli waste disposal companies send dozens of refuse-filled trucks to Palestinian villages every day.

Tel Aviv illegally dumps hazardous waste in the Palestinian West Bank, gifting cancer, sterility and mental disorders to the local population.

In an exclusive interview with Press TV, Deputy Director of the Palestinian environmental authority Jamil Mtoor confirmed that Israel cuts disposal costs by discarding its waste on Palestinian territory at the expense of the population.

"For several years, Israeli companies have been dumping solid and hazardous waste in different West Bank villages," Mtoor said.

"They have been using the Palestinian land in a village called Shoukba near Ramallah to dump x-ray films, releasing carcinogens into the environment, and this has left many people with asthma-related illnesses," he explained.

Witnesses report that Israeli companies have also buried the carcasses of thousands of chickens infected with the avian flu virus in Nablus, to the north of the West Bank.

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