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China is the E-Waste Computer dump for the world
Guiyu computer dump -

1. The Electronics Junkyard Dismantlers of Guiyu
    "4 Jul 2008 ... So if you plan a trip to Guiyu, chances are, the remains of your old computer may be scattered along the roadside or near the banks of the ..."
    www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/the-electronics-junkyard-dismantlers-of-guiyu/1372
2. Much toxic computer waste lands in Third World
    "25 Feb 2002 ... (AP) — What happened to that old computer after you sold it to a ... That often involves operations like the dump in Guiyu or similar ones ..."
    www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2002/02/25/computer-waste.htm
3. The Seattle Times: Nation & World: E-waste dump of the world
    "9 Apr 2006 ... A worker piles discarded aluminum computer casings on the back of a motorized transport at the town of Guiyu in southern China. ..."
    seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002920133_ewaste09.html
4. Electronic waste in Guiyu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    "While taping part of the story onsite at an illegal recycling dump in Guiyu, representatives of the Chinese recyclers attempted without success to ..."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_waste_in_Guiyu
5. W for Winson Tan: Guiyu, the e-waste city
    "20 Aug 2009 ... Those poor innocent souls. A worker throws a computer casing onto a pile. According to reports from nearby Shantou University, Guiyu has the ..."
    winsontan.blogspot.com/2009/08/guiyu-e-waste-city.html
6. KILLER Digital Dumping Grounds on Earth, in Agbogbloshie, Ghana ...
    "23 Jul 2009 ... BIGGEST Military Computer Hacking of ALL-TIME, from a normal .... The southern Chinese city of Guiyu has been completely built around the e-waste trade. ... and maybe one day put the digital dumps out of business. ..."
    nbnl.globalwhelming.com/2009/07/23/killer-digital-dumping-grounds-on-earth-in-agbogbloshie-ghana-and-guiyu-china/
7. Environmental contamination from electronic waste recycling at ...
    "ing, dismantling electronic equipment, selling computer ... roller dump site. A reservoir located in the northern part of. Guiyu, approximately 6km from the ..."
    www.springerlink.com/index/G8K452X2542HK200.pdf
8. Elevated blood lead levels of children in Guiyu, an Electronic ...
    "Guiyu has become a hub for illegal and unsafe computer recycling. ... Dump. One of the worst polluted spots is Guiyu, China, where the levels of dioxin, ..."
    www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-167647291.html
9. AIDG Blog - E-Dump or how I learned to stop upgrading and love my ...
    "12 Nov 2007 ... “A migrant child from Henan province holds up a piece of e-trash, once a computer screen bearing a “Nokia” logo in a junk yard in Guiyu in ..."
    www.aidg.org/component/option,com_jd-wp/Itemid,34/p,856/
10. The WIP Contributors: E-waste: America's Electronics Feed the ...
    "26 Apr 2009 ... The landscape of Guiyu, a remote town in China's Guangdong province, ... piles of unrecyclable computer waste imported from around the world in Guiyu, China. ... Nigeria to this nearby informal dump sitting on a swamp. ..."
    www.thewip.net/contributors/2009/04/ewaste_americas_electronics_fe.html
11. Elevated Blood Lead Levels of Children in Guiyu, an Electronic ...
    "Leaching of lead from computer printed wire boards and cathode ray tubes by ... Johnson T. E-waste dump of the world. 2006. [[accessed 20 July 2006]]. ..."
    www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1913570
12. FOXNews.com - Chinese Recyclers Live in Toxic E-Waste Dump ...
    "Chinese Recyclers Live in Toxic E-Waste Dump, Southern city of Guiyu full of ... wires to recover copper and cooking computer motherboards to release gold. ..."
    www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312163,00.html
13. Global Hot Spot! LOCATION: Guiyu (CHINA) PROBLEM: Computer Dumping ...
    "LOCATION: Guiyu (CHINA). PROBLEM: Computer Dumping Ground ... These awful e- waste “recycling” depots are huge computer rubbish dumps where a toxic runoff of ..."
    fillsworld.org/fillsSplash.swf
14. Guiyu encyclopedia topics | Reference.com
    "1 Jul 2007 ... Encyclopedia article of Guiyu at Reference.com compiled from comprehensive and ... Viceland: CTRL+ALT+LANDFILL – China's Secret Computer Graveyard ... E-Waste Dump - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News ..."
    www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Guiyu
15. Guiyu: The secret town of toxic waste | MNN - Mother Nature Network
    "13 Jun 2009 ... in a top-secret computer graveyard in Guiyu, a small town in southern China. ... The entire town is an illegal toxic waste dump, filled with garbage and ... You need to check out this article about Guiyu from Vice. ..."
    www.mnn.com/local-reports/west-virginia/student-blog/guiyu-the-secret-town-of-toxic-waste
16. E Waste
    "Burn houses in distance and smoke where computer parts from the United States are burned. ... Guiyu is one of the biggest e-waste centers of the world. ... Alaba market in Lagos, Nigeria to this nearby informal dump sitting on a swamp. ..."
    www.slideshare.net/jessica_orchitt/e-waste-1731924
17. The World's Electronic-Waste Dump
    "environmentalgraffiti.com — Guiyu was once a peaceful rice-growing village ..... take a look at the country your TV,DVD player and computer were made, ..."
    digg.com/environment/The_World_s_Electronic_Waste_Dump
18. Guiyu Revisited: Exposing the Fraud…18 Months Later
    "A well-meaning company or consumer took a cartridge, computer or CRT ..... in order to be able to direct consumers to recyclers that refuse to dump toxic ..."
    www.crsprintek.com/Articles/Guiyu%20Revisited.pdf
19. Where computers go to die -- and kill | Salon News
    "10 Apr 2006 ... Top: Woman in Guiyu, China, about to smash a cathode ray tube from a ... A short distance inland, the trucks dump their loads in what looks like ... rivers that have become dumping grounds for discarded computer parts. ..."
    www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/10/ewaste/
20. Elevated blood lead levels of children in Guiyu, an Electronic ...
    "RESULTS: BLLs in 165 children of Guiyu ranged from 4.40 to 32.67 ..... Leaching of lead from computer printed wire boards and cathode ray tubes by municipal solid waste “Municipal waste” redirects here. ... E-waste dump of the world. ..."
    www.thefreelibrary.com/Elevated+blood+lead+levels+of+children+in+Guiyu,+an+Electronic+waste...-a0167647291

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