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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 07:45 AM Nov 2013

Toxic waste 'major global threat'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24994209


The Agbobloshie e-waste dumping yard in Ghana poses the highest toxic threat, according to the report


More than 200 million people around the world are at risk of exposure to toxic waste, a report has concluded.

The authors say the large number of people at risk places toxic waste in a similar league to public health threats such as malaria and tuberculosis.

The study from the Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross calls for greater efforts to be made to control the problem.

The study carried out in more than 3,000 sites in over 49 countries.
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Toxic waste 'major global threat' (Original Post) xchrom Nov 2013 OP
Oh well.. long as the ones threatened are the real poor people! stuntcat Nov 2013 #1
EU has required E-recycling for years One_Life_To_Give Nov 2013 #2

stuntcat

(12,022 posts)
1. Oh well.. long as the ones threatened are the real poor people!
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 10:59 AM
Nov 2013

Like the storms.. most killed are just poor, lotsa' them don't even have shoes, I've seen the pictures! They can't even afford roofs that stay attached to their houses.

And the starvation.. of course the lucky blonde toddlers next door to me will never go hungry! But the 40,000 who die of starvation each day? *pft!!* Why bother ourselves to know they ever lived anyway? Most of them aren't even Christian!

This is The Most Glorious Century EVER for Humanity!! The time when God's most special creation will show it's best nature.
Even if millions die pitifully, even though we're causing a mass-extinction, lucky American toddlers can look forward to being protected their whole lives because of where they were born, and that's just great! Look how they smile and laugh and skip around their yard playing. Everything is perfect! Life is to be cherished, right!?

One_Life_To_Give

(6,036 posts)
2. EU has required E-recycling for years
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 03:10 PM
Nov 2013

EU's WEEE Directive requires manufacturers and importers to set-up recycling programs and collect minimum percentages of their worn out products via recycling programs. Maybe it's time for the rest of the developed world to follow.

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