Computer waste poses threat to Asia
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31/05/2002
Potentially toxic computer waste from the US is threatening the environmental health of China and other Asian countries, a Chinese environmental official said Friday. Wang Jirong, a deputy director of the Environmental Protection Administration, urged the US to join other developed countries that have already banned such exports. The report warned of major ecological problems, including overgrazing and bad management that are turning China's grasslands to desert at a rate of 2 million hectares each year.