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Waste pickers in Kenya and Ghana are paying a heavy price for an escalating e-waste crisis.  Exposure to toxic chemicals released during unsafe handling of electronic waste, including open burning, acid leaching, and manual disassembly, has left 61% of waste pickers in places like Nairobi’s Korogocho settlement reporting health problems, and nearly half suffering respiratory illness, and more than a third reporting skin infections.<\/p>\n\n

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This report exposes the escalating e-waste crisis devastating communities in Kenya and Ghana, and the toxic electronic waste, often disguised as donations or recycling, is putting lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems at risk.<\/p>\n\n

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