Mounting e-waste triggers health crisis in children

NIGERIA is drowning in a sea of electronic waste, e-waste. Medical experts have warned that the consequences could be fatal to Nigerians. The menace has also been fingered for environmental degradation, and part of the reasons why the economy remains weak.

From the World Health Organisation, WHO; the United Nations International Children Education Fund, UNICEF to the International Climate Change Development Initiative, ICCDI, among other experts, the message is that every part of the country should adopt sustainable approaches towards reducing e-waste to save both the people, environment and the economy.

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