Your browser does not support this video. Permalink: https://www.media.greenpeace.org/archive/Dr--Kevin-Brigden-Sampling-27MZIF2DF50K.htmlConceptually similarKevin Brigden SoundbiteGP03R27Completed★★★★Breaking Electrical ComponentsGP03QZQCompleted★★★★Ghana E-Waste VNR - English VersionGP03R1SCompleted★★★★Ghana E-waste ClipreelGP048N7Completed★★★★Testing Water SamplesGP03R4MCompleted★★★★Burning Electrical ComponentsGP03QZSCompleted★★★★Dr. Kevin Brigden SoundbiteGP03R0ZCompleted★★★★Unloading Electronic WasteGP03R53Completed★★★★Dr. Kevin Brigden SoundbiteGP03R0YCompleted★★★★View AllGP03R0WDr. Kevin Brigden SamplingScientist Dr. Kevin Brigden takes samples from sites where electronic components have been burned (to reclaim their copper content). The samples will be sent back to the UK to test for any toxic chemicals in the soil as a result of burning hazardous materials.Locations:Accra-Africa-GhanaDate:9 Apr, 2008Credit:© GreenpeaceDuration:43sAudio format:NaturalProduction Type :B-ROLLKeywords:Day-Electronic waste-Gloves-KWCI (GPI)-Men-Outdoors-Samples-Sampling (activity)-Scientists-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)