Toxic U.S. Tech Waste Dumped Abroad, Not Recycled. / Danielle Knight.
by Knight, Danielle; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 45Environment. Publisher: Inter Press Service, 2002ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Electronic apparatus and appliances | Export-import trade | Hazardous wastes | Junk trade | Pollution -- Asia | Recycling (Waste)DDC classification: 050 Summary: "Huge quantities of scrap electronics are being exported from the United States to China, Pakistan and India, where the waste is causing environmental and health problems, according to an investigation by five environmental organizations." (INTER PRESS SERVICE) This article illustrates the environmental abuses other countries are encountering because of exportation of electronic waste by the United States.
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Originally Published: Toxic U.S. Tech Waste Dumped Abroad, Not Recycled, Feb. 26, 2002; pp. n.p..
"Huge quantities of scrap electronics are being exported from the United States to China, Pakistan and India, where the waste is causing environmental and health problems, according to an investigation by five environmental organizations." (INTER PRESS SERVICE) This article illustrates the environmental abuses other countries are encountering because of exportation of electronic waste by the United States.
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