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Prisoners, Employees Exposed to Toxic Electronic Waste at 10 Federal Prisons

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Inmates, Employees Exposed to Toxic Electronic Waste at 10 Federal Prisons 2010-10-27 Washington, D.C.? A report http://www.justice.gov/oig/reports/BOP/o1010.pdf) from the Office of the Inspector General revealed inmates and employees at 10 federal prisons were exposed to toxic metals and other hazardous materials while processing electronic waste for recycling, as reported by The New York Times. (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/science/earth/27waste.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Federal%20Prisons&st=cse) According to the report, which was issued last week, they found despite the hazards, they could not link any health problems to the recycling work in prisons. But, they did not rule out the possibility of adverse health effects in the future. Unspecified amounts of electronic waste were reportedly shipped overseas, likely to undeveloped countries...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 28, 2010 (boomark / email).