Rab’s World

Scientists sent by Greenpeace to Ghana have recently found extreme cases of chemical contamination at two “e-waste” facilities. Soil and water tests were conducted at two electronics scrap yards where various items such as broken computers, monitors, and televisions are shipped from the United States and Europe for processing and extraction of scrap metals…. The two scrap yards were located in two cities: one in the capital city Accra and another in the city of Korforidua.

Both the soil and water chemical contaminate levels were found to be over one hundred times greater than what should be found in nature, including lead contaminates.

…These recycling operations attempt to extract metals including copper and aluminum that can be sold, such as copper, which fetches a price of approximately $2 per eleven pounds.

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