8 Oct
2005
8 Oct
'05
6:43 p.m.
Hmmm, according to this People's Daily article,
the hazardous
practices are still going on:
There probably are a few places still doing things the old way. Big deal.
...and while importing of electronics scrap to China
was supposedly
banned in November 2004, Xinhua says that it's just gone underground:
Think about it - if the scrap trade to China stopped in 2004, their
economy would have completely died by now. That is the furthest thing
from the truth.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org