High toxic levels found at school, market neighboring informal e-waste salvage site in Africa

Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 11:01 in Mathematics & Economics

Tests at a school beside an informal electronic waste salvage site in Ghana's capital Accra reveal contamination due to lead, cadmium and other health-threatening pollutants over 50 times higher than risk-free levels.

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