Used electronics' flow to India poses environmental hazard
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20/09/2008
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Business Standard (New Delhi)
Leslie D`monte / Mumbai September 20, 2008, 0:32 IST
Used electronic items such as monitors, computers and mobile phones from the US end up in countries like India and China, where disposal practices are unsafe to workers and dangerous to the environment.
A new US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report reveals that these used electronic goods are dismantled under unsafe conditions