Electronic waste: EPA needs to better control harmful U.S. exports through stronger enforcement and more comprehensive regulation

Source: GAO
"In a harsh review of U.S. hazardous waste laws, independent government investigators highlighted the need for improved regulation of electronic waste in a new report. A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released last week said a `substantial quantity` of discarded electronics, such as computers, televisions, and cell phones, are sent to the developing world where they are dismantled in conditions unsafe to workers and dangerous to the environment."