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Previous Article | Next Article Better E-Waste Handling Helps Environment and HealthSource: Scientific American, Date: , 2014The town of Agbogbloshie in the west
African country of Ghana has been called a digital dumping ground. Millions of
tons of discarded
electronics wind up there annually, so people can try to recover anything
of value. It’s therefore one of the most
polluted places in the world, because workers
burn plastic coatings to get at the metal in the guts of gadgets.
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