Toxics and Transnational Law: International and European Regulation of Toxic Substances as Legal Symbolism

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As an environmental issue transcending national boundaries, the spread of toxic substances in the environment, with harmful consequences for ecosystems and human health, has become the focus of transnational regulatory efforts in a variety of international fora. In order to address the problems created by transboundary toxic movements a set of binding as well as non-binding norms are being developed at the European and international level. This book analyses the development and effectiveness of transnational toxics law through two case studies: one dealing with the European regional regime for the control of toxic discharges in the aquatic environment and the other looking at the emerging global regime for the regulation of international trade in hazardous pesticides. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal and political framework in EC law for the reduction of inputs of hazardous substances in the marine and freshwater environment, and in regional agreements for the protection of the marine environment of the North Sea and Northeast Atlantic, Baltic Sea and Mediterranean.

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Pallemaerts' discussion of the issues confirms that he possesses a thorough understanding of the pertinent regulatory regimes well-presented, well-argued, sophisticated and coherent an interesting and highly informative book. -- Lucas Bergkamp, Managing Partner, Hunton Williams, Brussels and Professor of International Liability Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam * Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law *

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Dr Marc Pallemaerts holds graduate degrees in law and political science from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Harvard University. He teaches European and international environmental law at the Universit Libre de Bruxelles and the University of Amsterdam. He has also acted as legal and policy adviser to several environment ministers and was Deputy Chief of Staff of the Belgian State Secretary for Energy and Sustainable Development from 1999 to 2003. He is currently Senior Fellow at the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), an independent, non-profit research institute with offices in London and Brussels, and heads the Institute's Global Issues and External Action Research Programme, and also serves as Special Rapporteur to the UN Human Rights Council on the implications for human rights of environmentally sound use and disposal of hazardous chemicals and wastes.