Electronic Waste (IMAGE)

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Electronic Waste

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Scientists report environmental contamination from crude recycling practices after collecting dust samples near e-waste processing workshops. Above are discarded printed circuit boards outside a shop in the Beilin district of Guiyu, Guangdong Province.

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Courtesy of Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University

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