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India a thriving global e-waste dump yard

Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication.

New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- If you thought your old outdated PC or television was safely in a junkyard rotting away or being dismantled, think again. A study by a leading environmental group says it is poisoning our soil and water, causing serious health problems.

Booming economies like India and China that are increasingly dependent on electronic and electrical equipments have created a new but very dangerous stream of waste, called "electronic-waste", or simply e-waste, says the report brought out by Greenpeace India.

"Primitive recycling or disposal of e-waste to landfills and incinerators causes irreversible environmental ...

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