India's Poor Risk 'Slow Death' Recycling E-Waste


ENN, July 06, 2010

Young rag-pickers sifting through rubbish are a common image of India's chronic poverty, but destitute children face new hazards picking apart old computers as part of the growing "e-waste" industry. Asif, aged seven, spends his days dismantling electronic equipment in a tiny, dimly-lit unit in east Delhi along with six other boys. "My work is to pick out these small black boxes," he said, fingers deftly prying out integrated circuits from the pile of computer remains stacked high beside him. Read more...

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