1.   The company said the waste contained only minute amounts of dioxin.

2.   Analysis by a Hong Kong laboratory has already shown the waste contains mercury, a highly poisonous metal.

3.   Analysis by a Hong Kong laboratory has shown the waste contains traces of mercury, a poisonous metal.

4.   Environmental group Greenpeace says the waste contains some of the most dangerous substances produced by nuclear reactors.

5.   Environmental group Greenpeace says the waste may contain some of the most dangerous substances produced by nuclear reactors.

6.   Initial tests have shown the waste contains the poisonous metal mercury, but the level of toxicity has yet to be determined.

7.   Several independent tests have found the waste contains an extremely dangerous concentration of mercury.

8.   Several independent tests have found the waste contains an extremely dangerous concentration of the poisonous metal mercury.

9.   The environmental group Greenpeace says the waste contains some of the most dangerous substances produced by nuclear reactors.

10.   The international environmental group Greenpeace also denounced the shipments, claiming the waste contains highly radioactive materials produced in the nuclear power generating process.