E-waste Report Draws Industry Fire

摘要

Apparently, an hour was not enough time to cover electronic waste exports.rnThe dust seemed to have settled following a Nov. 9 segment on the CBS TV news program "60 Minutes" titled "Following the Trail of Toxic E-waste." The scathing story reported on electronic scrap dumping in poor parts of China, specifically Guiyu in Guangdong Province, and other developing countries, where it is disassembled to recover valuable materials with no regard for human health and safety or the environment.