China's E-Waste Nightmare Worsening

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Writer, Technology / Other

(AP) -- The air smells acrid from the squat gas burners that sit outside homes, melting wires to recover copper and cooking computer motherboards to release gold. Migrant workers in filthy clothes smash picture tubes by hand to recover glass and electronic parts, releasing as much as 6.5 pounds of lead dust.

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