""You can export anything as long as it's tested and functional and nonhazardous," Puckett said.
BAN contends countries in Africa and elsewhere trying to get the electronic hand-me-downs of the industrialized world — reusable computers, stereos and more — instead are shipped up to 80% useless e-waste. In primitive workshops, workers extract precious metals from circuit boards by burning them, exposing themselves to toxic fumes."
Meta-Actor: Journalism
Source Document: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/09/26/e-waste-empire-middlebury-vermont-discarded-electronics/2880359/
Date: September 26, 2013