Discarded computers poisoning Africa's kids
China Daily | Updated: 2008-05-07 07:16
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A technician at a Kenyan non-governmental organization carries a computer monitor to be converted into a television set in Nairobi in this file photo. Computer for Schools Kenya has been rehabilitating donated computers since 2002 but opted to convert old monitors into television sets to reduce the huge amount of toxic electronic waste being generated. AFP |
Thousands of discarded computers from Western Europe and the United States arrive in the ports of west Africa every day, ending up in massive toxic dumps where children burn and pull them apart to extract metals for cash.
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