#Cadmium levels in waste pickers ‘four times higher’
“#Cadmium levels in waste pickers ‘four times higher’” A typical e-waste recycling operation. Workers are exposed to heavy metals, with research showing waste pickers have high levels of cadmium in their blood. Credit: Baselactionnetwork. (CC BY-ND 2.0) Waste pickers exposed to discarded electronics, aluminum and metal cans have up to four times higher levels of…