The topic that I choose for my research paper is dumping electronic waste in West Africa. Dumping E-waste in poor countries is illegal but there is always a loop pole for developing countries to by pass E-waste trade. This topic will give me plenty of sources for my research paper.
Here is a brief summary of E-waste in Ghana:
Electronic waste is broken and unwanted electronic device that are waste. It includes second-hand or broken computers, cell phones, flat screen television and etc. Ghana is located in West Africa where E-waste were label as second-hand goods. Most of the developing countries such as the United States, Germany, and United Kingdom are guilty of dumping obsolete computers in Ghana. Precious metals that worth money such as copper, silver are collected in the circuit board inside the computer and the rest of the parts are burn.
Over long term of exposure of e-waste can lead to devastating results in Ghana local’s health. Higher doses of mercury, lead, cadmium and mercury can damage the kidney the nerves system and especially around kids.
Here are some of the websites I may use for my research paper:
This website talks about the condition in Ghana including a trailer.
http://www.greenpeace.org/china/en/news/poisoning-the-poor-electroni
UK Investigates E-waste Dumping in Ghana.
http://news.myjoyonline.com/health/200810/21839.asp
Greenpeace is a international organization that protects the environment and encourage peace.
http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/chemical-contamination-at-e-wa.pdf
Other resources that I will definitely use are EBSCO Host in the LaGuardia College and Google Scholar.
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Good. Check Carmen's blog--she is doing the same. I also posted a possible source for her--check the comments.
Wow! We are doing the same thing! Well, if I find any sites or sources that may be helpful to you I'll definitely let you know. There is a lot of information concerning this one.
I think your topic is very good it and you have another person doing it so you will probably get a lot of help from each other. I think You will enjoy this topic a lot it seems very interesting.
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