EPA is endorsing new measures to cut down on harmful exports of electronic waste (e-waste), including seeking legislation to limit illegal export, standards to draw a "bright line" between safe and unsafe practices, and steps toward ratifying a key international treaty, but the agency appears to be stopping short of heeding activists' call for a complete export ban.rnThe Obama EPA's position on the issue - outlined by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson in a May 25 speech at an INTERPOL Global E-Waste Crime Group meeting - could place the agency at the center of ongoing efforts to revise the United States' approach to e-waste, including upcoming House legislation seeking a consensus approach to the issue.
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