Blog #6 E-Waste in China

After I watched the video during the class, I was shocked that U.S.A dumps e waste to other low income countries. I thought China is huge and rapidly develop nation which has power to keep their country. Thus, I decide to research more about e waste in china.

Developed countries are recently exporting e waste to China or India to reuse or recycle. According to Greenpeace, U.S ended landfill or incinerators 4.6 million tons of e waste in 2000. However, it banned from states and they start to export to Asia; China government tried to ban importing e waste, but it still happens.

http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/toxics/hi-tech-highly-toxic/e-waste-goes
We can also watch e waste in China from the youtube;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sMOAWW6I0k

From the New York Times article, I can easily know environmental racism, “…because recycling in the United States is expensive, hazardous and encumbered with environmental and safety regulations, many companies that collect e-waste simply ship it to underdeveloped nations”.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/27/opinion/27royte.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=e%20waste%20in%20china&st=cse&oref=slogin

Because of heavy metals like lead, cadmium and mercury from e waste, blood lead levels of children in Guiyu, China is extremely high.

Environmental Health Perspectives; Jul2007, Vol. 115 Issue 7, p1113-1117, 5p, 3 charts, 1 map, 5 color

I will keep my research on e waste in city Guiyu in China with more specific facts and negative affects.