Your browser does not support this video. Permalink: https://www.media.greenpeace.org/archive/Kevin-Brigden-Soundbite-27MZIF2D4LH7.htmlConceptually similarDr. Kevin Brigden SamplingGP03R0WCompleted★★★★Ghana E-waste ClipreelGP048N7Completed★★★★Mike Anane SoundbitesGP03R2ECompleted★★★★Ghana E-Waste VNR - English VersionGP03R1SCompleted★★★★Dr. Kevin Brigden SoundbiteGP03R0ZCompleted★★★★William Abaidoo SoundbiteGP03R5GCompleted★★★★Dr. Kevin Brigden SoundbiteGP03R0YCompleted★★★★Dr. Kevin Brigden SoundbiteGP03R0XCompleted★★★★Mohammed Hassan SoundbitesGP03R2FCompleted★★★★View AllGP03R27Kevin Brigden SoundbiteSoundbite from Dr. Kevin Brigden, Greenpeace Scientist.Locations:Accra-Africa-GhanaDate:9 Apr, 2008Credit:© GreenpeaceDuration:42sAudio format:NaturalProduction Type :SOUNDBITEKeywords:Chemicals-Day-Electronic waste-Health-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-Pollution-Scientists-Toxic waste-Toxics (campaign title)Shoot: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)