Toxic Recycling.

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      UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      The article reports that U.S. prison inmates employed by the electronics recycling division of Federal Prison Industries face hazardous conditions. Inmates smash electronics that contain lead, cadmium, barium and other hazardous substances. A former safety manager at the Atwater Federal Penitentiary, Leroy Smith, filed a formal complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration regarding the conditions at the prison.