Toxic eggs expose growing e-waste crisis

Some of the most toxic chemicals in the world have been found in chicken eggs near a dumpsite in Ghana, where EU countries send massive amounts of hazardous electronic waste every year. The investigation found the presence of brominated and chlorinated dioxins as well as other pollutants in the eggs of chickens that had foraged near Agbogbloshie – a district in Accra, Ghana’s capital and home to one of the biggest dumpsites in the world. IPEN and the Basil Action … Continue reading Toxic eggs expose growing e-waste crisis