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Toxic 'e-waste' dumped in poor nations, says United Nations [1]

Millions of tonnes of old electronic goods illegally exported to developing countries, as people dump luxury items

Publication Date: 
16/12/2013
Guardian (UK) [2]
Tags:
Hazardous Waste [3], Electronic Waste [4], Developing Countries [5], Exports [6], Environment [7], Land Pollution [8], Water Pollution [9], Air Pollution [10], Mercury [11], Arsenic [12], Landfill [13], United States Of America (US) [14], Europe [15], Norway [16], Germany [17], Asia [18], Africa [19], Health Effects [20]

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