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| Electronics recycling hazardous labor |
| By Computer World |
| Published: 07/29/2008 |
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OHIO - Breaking rocks is one thing, but breaking monitors is a potential health hazard for federal prisoners and prison employees, according to a government review that faulted safety practices at one correctional facility where electronics equipment is recycled. For years, according to an initial report written by staffers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), inmates at the federal prison in Elkton, Ohio, recycled monitors, computer chips and other electronics gear used by government agencies without respiratory protection or environmental controls to limit their exposure to lead and cadmium. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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