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E-waste in Latin America: The dark side of ICTs?

By Valeria Betancourt for Info 25

27 February 2013

While the benefits of the widespread use and applications of ICTs are many, there are also negative impacts, such as those associated with the growth in the amount of e-waste that call for the need to counter effects on environmental pollution and public health.

Full article at http://info25.org/en/article/e-waste-latin-america-dark-side-icts

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