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Is India’s E-Waste Problem Out of Control?

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Processing Indian and foreign electronic waste has become a crucial source of income for thousands of Indians working in the nations’ sprawling scrap markets, but at what cost? Despite laws that prohibit e-waste dumping, India is only growing as a repository for the rest of the world’s electronic waste, and the workers who dismantle it are paying the price.

Go here to read a story from Nilanjana Bhowmick from New Delhi’s largest underground scrap yard over on Time.com.