Rotten eggs: e-waste from Europe poisons Ghana's food chain

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Toxins from old computers, fridges and other electronic goods are polluting chicken eggs in an area where 80,000 people live

Some of the most hazardous chemicals on Earth are entering the food chain in Ghana from illegally disposed electronic waste coming from Europe.

 

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That was why we supported Brexit & continue to persistently and urgently call for Fair_Trade with Africa, not EU old computers, nor Aid in perpetuity

Well there you are. More or equally important things than climate change to be sorted that Ghana itself could do something about. Why don't they is the real question.

Wow

How many ways can we poison the Earth Are we at the top finally Or do we have other methods of killing all life on Earth?

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