Exporting Harm
Author | : Jim Puckett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 51 |
Release | : 2002 |
ISBN-10 | : 075672175X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780756721756 |
Rating | : 4/5 (756 Downloads) |
Download or read book Exporting Harm written by Jim Puckett and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electronic waste or E-waste is the most rapidly growing waste problem in the world. It is a crisis of both quantity and a crisis born from toxic ingredients -- lead, beryllium, mercury, and cadmium that pose an occupational and environ'l. health threat. The U.S. and other rich economies that use most of the world's electronic products and generate most of the E-Waste, have exported the E-waste crisis to the developing countries of Asia. The open burning, acid baths and toxic dumping pour pollution into the land, air and water, and expose the poorer people of Asia to poison. The health and econ. costs of this trade are vast and are not born by the western consumers nor the waste brokers who benefit from the trade.