26 Aug 2002

China's hi-tech toxics: photo essay
Disposable Planet, BBC News, London, UK
Self-description: "Ever wondered where that old useless printer ended up? BBC has a photo report [7 pages long - ed.] by photo journalist Jeroen Bouman inside the illegal Chinese workshops where young teenagers work long hours amid noxious fumes, recycling computers from the US and Europe. The industry has turned four villages in Guiyu, Guangdong province, into toxic waste tips. Drinking water is now brought by lorries from 30 kilometres away. [...] As world leaders prepare to debate the future of the planet at the world summit in Johannesburg [Aug 2002], BBC News Online hears from Mozambican fishermen, Indian mothers and Chinese recyclers in a six-part special on sustainable development."
URL http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2002/disposable_planet/waste/chinese_workshop/default.stm
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