Bangalore: The IT City tag has come with a heavy price tag, thanks to negligence in electronic waste disposal and recycling by public and private sectors.
A recent international study by scientists of Ehime University, Japan in association with local experts, revealed that there are many informal backyards and scrap units here where ewaste is not recycled as per norms and this poses serious health risks to people working there and those around them.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/e-waste-units-pose-health-problems
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-bangalore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bangalore-t
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electronic-waste
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-disposal
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-recycling
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/organic-pollutants
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toxic-wastes
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-management
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hazardous-waste
