Toxic rubbish 'dumped in Africa' (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Tonnes of toxic waste from municipal dumps in the West are being dumped illegally in countries like Nigeria and Ghana, an investigation has found.

Hundreds of thousands of broken items like TVs and computers are being sold to dealers on the pretext of re-use.

Under EU law, such household appliances must be dismantled or recycled.

But they are stripped of raw metals by those working on poisoned waste dumps, the report by Greenpeace, Sky News and Britain's Independent newspaper found.

Greenpeace said the young people working on such dumps often break apart the electronic items for parts, but in doing so are exposed to poisonous chemicals like mercury, lead and cadmium.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7897631.stm?lss

[Bigmack]

1. Pretty Christian behavior....

from those who have nothing, more shall be taken.....like their health.... Ms Bigmack

[NNadir]

2. "Greenpeace said?"

I wonder if the "rocket scientists" at Greenpeace have gathered that the toxicological profile of um, solar cells, is very, very, very, very, close to that of well "electronic items?"

Greenpeace couldn't care less about real life and the number of African people who are rich enough to be finger pointing dilettanes living on their mom and dad's inheritance is probably close to the fraction of Africans who could afford a Tesla car on less than ten year's salary.