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park called the National Circular Economy Pilot Industry Park. There, toxic waste by products can be treated and recycled with better efficiency. Air and water quality subsequently improved in the town, though many were still left contaminated from the remnants of e-waste processing and have not been
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site on earth. Regions like Guiyu rely on primitive electronics recycling as an economic staple despite the adverse effects electronic waste has on health and the environment. The burning off of plastics in the town has resulted in 80% of its children having dangerous levels of lead in their blood.
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A recent study of the area evaluated the extent of heavy metal contamination released from the site. Using dust samples, scientists analysed mean heavy metal concentrations in a Guiyu workshop and found that lead and copper were 371 and 115 times higher, respectively, compared to areas located 30
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shot and published the music video for their song "Stop Me" in which Guiyu and its e-waste environment are portrayed.
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Leung, Anna (March 4, 2008). "Heavy Metals Concentrations of Surface Dust from e-Waste Recycling". Hong Kong.
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created from an agglomerate of four adjoined villages totalling 150,000 people in the
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Since 2013, local authorities had moved most e-waste workshops into an experimental
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at a level three times greater than the amount prescribed in the guideline.
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kilometres away. The same study revealed that sediment from the nearby
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Guiyu Town

屿

Town
Guiyu is located in Guangdong
23°19′11.81″N 116°20′59.62″E / 23.3199472°N 116.3498944°E / 23.3199472; 116.3498944
China
Province
Guangdong
Prefecture
Shantou
Time zone
UTC+8
China Standard Time
Chinese

屿
pinyin
town
Chaoyang
Guangdong
China
South China Sea
environmentalist
e-waste
Electronic waste in Guiyu
e-waste
Lianjiang River
polychlorinated biphenyls

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