Moral Implications of Dumping

Dumping can take many forms. Shaw cites the recall of pajamas containing the chemical Tris, which, according to study, caused kidney cancer in children (Shaw, 33, 34). In this instance, a number of small companies who manufactured clothing treated with the now-banned chemical faced mounting inventories and severe financial losses. In order to absorb the losses, some companies sold the pajamas to exporters who marketed the goods overseas where Tris-treated garments were not banned. The manufacturers suffered less severe losses than if they had not sold to the exporters, the exporters made a profit on the deal, and children overseas were exposed to the carcinogen Tris.

Dumping can assume more sinister forms, as well. Wheat and barley in Iraq were treated with a US-banned fungicide in 1972. As a result, 400 died and 5,000 became ill. Baby pacifiers which have been implicated in choking deaths have been shipped overseas, and the American government sponsored

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gh the risk of cancer? If education levels were high and people were able to make informed choices based on their family history and predisposition to cancer, there might well be a number of individuals who would choose to risk the cancer over the risk of a severely burned child. However, with low literacy rates and no system of informed consent, this decision must be made by governments, and by the exporters of the Tris clothing. The moral question becomes more acute when considering the use of the Dalkon Shield. This contraceptive device is known to cause pelvic inflammation, blood poisoning, spontaneous abortions, tubal preganancies and uterine perforations (Shaw, 34). Some deaths are considered the direct result of the contraceptive's use. Despite its known risks, the device is used in a number of American-sponsored population control programs. The Dalkon Shield puts women at these countries at increased risk of illness and death. Yet a number of American and overseas officials support the contraceptive's use. These officials argue that withdrawing the contraceptive will result in more pregnancies in societies which can ill afford significant increases in population. They point to decreasing literacy rates, high infa
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