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Toxic Tech: Not in Our Backyard (Summary)

21 February 2008
Chinese women dismantle computer circuit boards in an e-waste scrap yard. After sorting the circuit boards they will be burned over open fires to extract metals. The smelting releases large amounts of poisonous gases.

Chinese women dismantle computer circuit boards in an e-waste scrap yard. After sorting the circuit boards they will be burned over open fires to extract metals. The smelting releases large amounts of poisonous gases.

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A dangerous new waste stream is rapidly emerging... The fate of large quantities of this so-called e-waste is unknown.

This is the summary version of Greenpeace's report, 'Toxic Tech: Not in Our Backyard'

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Date published: 21 February 2008
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