Your browser does not support this video. Permalink: https://www.media.greenpeace.org/archive/Breaking-Electrical-Components-27MZIF2DSZU7.htmlConceptually similarUnloading Electronic WasteGP03R53Completed★★★★Burning Electrical ComponentsGP03QZSCompleted★★★★William Abaidoo SoundbiteGP03R5GCompleted★★★★Ghana E-Waste VNR - English VersionGP03R1SCompleted★★★★Nafis Malik SoundbiteGP03R2ICompleted★★★★Ghana E-waste ClipreelGP048N7Completed★★★★Breaking Electrical ComponentsGP03QZRCompleted★★★★E-waste Worker SoundbiteGP03R1DCompleted★★★★Second-hand Market and TV Repair MerchantsGP03R3XCompleted★★★★View AllGP03QZQBreaking Electrical ComponentsWorkers break obsolete electrical components and wiring to reclaim metals such as copper and aluminium.Locations:Accra-Africa-GhanaDate:12 Apr, 2008Credit:© GreenpeaceDuration:2m6sAudio format:NaturalProduction Type :B-ROLLKeywords:Circuit boards-Day-Electronic waste-Electronic waste workers-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Men-Outdoors-Televisions (TVs)-Toxic waste-Toxics (campaign title)-Waste disposalShoot:Toxics E-Waste Documentation in GhanaGreenpeace visits Ghana to investigate workplace contamination from e-waste recycling and disposal in the country and uncovers evidence that e-waste is being exported, often illegally, to Ghana from Europe and the US. The majority of second-hand electrical goods that are exported to Ghana from developed countries are beyond repair and are either dumped or "recycled" in a crude fashion.In the yards, unprotected workers, many of them children, dismantle computers and TVs with little more then stones in search of metals that can be sold. The remaining plastic, cables and casing is either burnt or simply dumped. Some of the samples tested by Greenpeace contained toxic metals including lead in quantities as much as one hundred times above background levels. Other chemicals such as phthalates, some of which are known to interfere with sexual reproduction, were found in most of the samples tested. One sample also contained a high level of chlorinated dioxins, known to promote cancer.Related Collections:Toxics E-Waste Documentation in Ghana (photos & videos)