Following The Trail of Toxic E-Waste
(CBS) 60 Minutes, November 2008; CBS reporter Scott Pelley takes you to one of the most toxic places on Earth - a place government officials and gangsters don't want you to see. It's a town in China where you can't breathe the air or drink the water, a town where the blood of the children is laced with lead.(Note: Paragon Green has never shipped raw lead-based glass from TVs or monitors out of the U.S. Click here to read our policy on CRT asset recovery and processing.)
U.S. Switch to Digital TV Raises Specter of Toxic Dumping of Old Sets
International Herald Tribune , June 4, 2008; Exposé videos shot by monitor groups show what happens to most electronic goods at the end of their working lives: Shipped to India, China, Nigeria and other developing countries, they are deconstructed by "backyard recyclers" who hammer, chop, grind, chip and heat them into a potent, toxic cocktail.High-Tech Trash
Will your discarded TV end up in ditch in Ghana?National Geographic, January 2008
February 12, 2009
L'Anse Cruise teacher honored for the "Go Green" E-Waste Recycling Project. (Press Release)
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