Consumers Will Throw Away 63.3 Million Tons of Electronic Waste This Year. Where Will It Go? • Children’s Health Defense

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Old phones, laptops, toasters and other discarded electronics and appliances can end up in massive digital dumps in the Global South, exposing children who pick out valuable metals from the trash to more than 1,000 toxic substances.

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