Wednesday, June 24, 2009

VIDEO: Shocking video about global e-waste dumping

From PBS: Frontline:
"On the outskirts of Ghana's biggest city sits a smoldering wasteland, a slum carved into the banks of the Korle Lagoon, one of the most polluted bodies of water on earth. The locals call it Sodom and Gomorrah.

Correspondent Peter Klein and a group of graduate journalism students from the University of British Columbia have come here as part of a global investigation -- to track a shadowy industry that's causing big problems here and around the world..."

Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground