| India is rapidly becoming a developed
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| | background making them more vulnerable
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| country in terms of the use of electronic
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| | against the harmful extracts mentioned
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| equipments. Computers have become a
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| | above. "We get Rs 125 daily. We are not
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| necessity for each and every office,
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| | aware of any harmful effects and don't
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| school and bank. Now companies are
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| | have any health problem," told a scrap
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| targeting homes of Indians and providing
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| | breaker Wasim Qurrasi. But toxicity of
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| PCs at rates as low as Rs 10,000. But
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| | e-scrap works as a silent killer, as Dr M
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| shining development has its dark side,
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| | S Bhati, a local practitioner, indicated,
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| too. In other words, India will generate
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| | "People come with problems of TB, asthma
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| more e-waste (electronic waste) in coming
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| | and skin diseases daily. Though they are
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| days. According to an estimate, India
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| | un-aware of reasons behind these
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| will import more than 4 million new as
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| | diseases, the fact remains that they are
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| well as used computers. Yes, it is a fact
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| | largely caused by their exposure to
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| now that India is becoming one of the
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| | wastes they are handling daily."
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| greatest dumping hubs of e-waste with
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| | Toxic Links, a Delhi-based Non
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| Delhi at its centre.
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| | Governmental Oraganisation, says that
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| Shastri Nagar and Seelampur in
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| | India annually generates $ 1.5 billion
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| trans-Yamuna area are among many other
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| | worth of e-waste. Apart from homemade
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| scrap dumping and processing grounds in
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| | scraps, India imports 80 per cent of the
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| Delhi. These scraps contain Lead,
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| | e-waste generated by the US. A government
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| Cadmium, Zinc, Mercury and various other
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| | official 'disclosed' the reason behind
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| toxic elements, which have the potential
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| | unchecked import of e-scrap and told
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| to harm human health and environment. But
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| | 'headlinesindia' off the record, "What is
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| very few of those involved are aware of
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| | e-waste for US is not same for us. In
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| any such element present in the wastes
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| | India, it is treated as asset and source
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| that they are handling daily. Thus, they
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| | of revenue generation and income." About
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| don't feel that there is any need of
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| | 25,000 workers are employed at scrap
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| protective gears against toxicity. "It
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| | yards in Delhi where 10,000 to 20,000
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| contains only iron, copper and plastics.
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| | tonnes of e-scraps are being handled
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| It doesn't have any thing that can affect
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| | every year. Computers account for 25 per
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| our health," said Mansoor Ahmad, a scrap
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| | cent of these scraps; TV screens, CDs,
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| dealer of Shsatri Nagar. There were huge
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| | mobiles, cables, toner cartridges, light
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| piles of e-scrap and labourers were
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| | bulbs and tubes are other major
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| disintegrating old computers, bare
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| | contributors.
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| handedly. Most of them are from very poor
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