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To subscribe, E-mail the words . . The City of Philadelphia has a long history of dumping its toxic wastes on other states and nations. Philadelphia mayor Ed Rendell says the city is too poor to take responsibility for its wastes. Unfortunately, Philadelphia's attitude pervades U.S. environmental policy. The U.S. remains the only industrialized country that has refused to ratify the Basel Convention, which makes it illegal for industrialized countries to send their toxic wastes to the developing world.