Denizens: I brought this issue up several years ago (about 10yrs). I was berated by another person who accused me of crying wolf and rather preventing some poor school children in Africa from receiving free computers donated by "philanthropist". I tried to go to the archives to retrieve that thread but I can only go to 2001.
This is a growing menace to African society where under the guise of donating computers, Africans rather end up being a "dump site". we are still watching, stay strong, KDD http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7544003.stm Greenpeace says it is concerned about the electronic waste trade in Ghana which it claims is putting the health of workers at risk. The campaign group says the dismantling of discarded computers on rubbish tips exposes people to smoke and chemicals. Will Ross reports from Accra in Ghana. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
