COMMISSION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION
THREE COUNTRIES WORKING TOGETHER TO PROTECT OUR SHARED ENVIRONMENT
Montreal, 11 May 2012—On 8 February 2012, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) announced that it had begun an independent examination into the environmental hazards and public health issues associated with the transboundary movement and recycling of spent lead-acid batteries (SLABs) in North America.