Tulsa Journal of Comparative and International Law Volume 12 | Issue 1 Article 14 9-1-2004 Ghost Ships and Recycling Pollution: Sending America's Trash to Europe Viola Blayre Campbell Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.law.utulsa.edu/tjcil Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Viola B. Campbell, Ghost Ships and Recycling Pollution: Sending America's Trash to Europe, 12 Tulsa J. Comp. & Int'l L. 189 (2005). Available at: http://digitalcommons.law.utulsa.edu/tjcil/vol12/iss1/14 This Casenote/Comment is brought to you for free and open access by TU Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Tulsa Journal of Comparative and International Law by an authorized administrator of TU Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact daniel-
[email protected]. GHOST SHIPS AND RECYCLING POLLUTION: SENDING AMERICA'S TRASH TO EUROPE Viola Blayre Campbelr I. INTRODUCTION After lurking in the foggy waters off the coast of England since November 28th, the fourth ghost ship in a series of thirteen arrived on December 3, 2003.' The Compass Island, the fourth ghost ship, was allowed to dock withoutS 2the protest and media that the preceding three ghost ships had received. The ships were approximately sixty years old and considered vulnerable to breaking up due to their fragile nature.' Although the media labeled the ex-United States Navy ships as ghost ships, in reality, the ships were not haunted with ghosts or demons at all, but contained a large quantity of toxins. ' The toxins aboard ranged from lead and mercury to asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls,5 which are t J.D., University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 2005; B.A.