Vanguard (Lagos)
20 August 2008
As e-waste continue to pose health problem to the international communities, especially the third world countries, Greenpeace has called on the world's electronics companies to eliminate hazardous chemicals from their products, saying toxic waste from wealthy nations' gadgets ends up being dumped in poor countries despite laws prohibiting it.
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Africa as a whole should not be made a dumping ground for all these electronics. The people should be made aware of handling and dealing with hazardous materials. The only problem we might have is the possibility of payments been made to African leaders so as to dump these materials in their country. PEOPLE SHOULD BE EDUCATED ABOUT THE DANGERS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.