We provide causal evidence from a developing country context that children exposed to lead at a young age exhibit worse cognitive outcomes. We exploit variation in exposure to leadcontaminated toxic sites in Indonesia and estimate a two-way fixed effects model using variation in age at first...

Problem Definition: Marijuana is increasingly gaining legal acceptance in the United States. From 1996 to 2016, 28 states and the District of Columbia legalized marijuana for medical use. At the same time, studies find that when individuals use marijuana, they can experience several negative...

The study analyzes the legal regulation of the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes provided for by the Bamako Convention (regional), in comparison with the regime of the Basel Convention (universal). It has been established that thanks to the Bamako Convention, the standards for...

This review addresses the EU's actions for tackling hazardous waste. Hazardous waste can harm human health and the environment. EU initiatives have focused on its prevention, but hazardous waste has continued to increase since 2004. Its safe treatment is hampered by difficulties, e.g. reliably...