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Burning Old Computers Threatens Ghana's Health

Ben Barber | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Recycling, Arsenic, Computers, Ghana, Pollution, Chromium, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, E-Waste, Green News
Ben Barber

Not far from the heart of one of Africa's biggest cities, Accra, Ghana, black clouds of toxic smoke rise from an outdoor recycling operation that is converting America's used computers into copper, gold and other useful materials.

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The Toxic Substances Control Act's Toxic Baddies

Bill Chameides | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Clean Air Act (1990), Lead, Tsca, Nitrosating Compounds, Lead-Based Paint, Pcbs, Ozone-Depleting Substances, Dioxin, Asbestos, Chemicals, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Disease, Health, Fully Halogenated Chlorofluoralkanes, Erin Brockovich, Hazardous Waste, Hexavalent Chromium, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Cancer, Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Ozone Hole, Ozone, Chromium, Environmental Protection Agency, Green News
Bill Chameides

Of the some 80,000 chemicals manufactured and used in the United States, the EPA has issued regulations to control just five "existing" and four "new" chemicals. Today, we'll learn a little about each of them.

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