rate. Scientists are continuing to perform more research on the long-term effects of handling e-waste, focusing especially on pregnant women and children. Affected regions Most of China's informal recycling sectors are limited to regions along the southeastern coast of China. The main region where the e-waste is shipped to is the Guangdong province, situated along China's south east coast. From there e-waste is spread to other regions such as Zhejiang, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hunan, Fujian and Shandong for processing. E-waste disposal operations frequently occur in the suburban areas, due to the lack of effective enforcement and control. Guiyu Guiyu in Guangdong Province is the location of the largest electronic waste site on earth. Specializing in informal e-waste recycling for over 30 years, e-waste has become a pillar of the local economy in Guiyu. The town has up to 5,000 workshops treating up to 70 percent of the world's e-waste, and employing around 100,000 people; electronic waste lines most of the streets and reports indicate that the smell of burning metal and plastic are constantly in the air. The disposal sites recycle 15,000 tons of e-waste on a daily basis. Over 80 per cent of the town's residents make a living off of manually disassembling and disposing e-waste full-time. The residents of Guiyu are known to have the highest reported level of lead and dioxin found in people globally. These high dioxin levels also result in much higher miscarriage rates for women that are pregnant and reports show that over 70 percent of children have high lead levels in their bloodstreams. In 2012, Guiyu authorities published a decree that banned burning of electronic waste as well as soaking electronic waste in sulfuric acid. Taizhou The Taizhou region of the Zhejiang province is also a major e-waste recycling center. Taizhou's residents are especially vulnerable to the contamination of their large agricultural sector caused by the e-waste sector. Taizhou has been a major site for soil and sediment pollution by toxins generated from e-waste disposal. Residents of Taizhou also have a high dietary intake of heavy metals through rice, vegetable, and water consumption. In 2012, their average intake of heavy metals was 3.7 mg/(day$kg bw), exceeding the FAO tolerable daily intake of 3.6 mg/day$kg bw. Legislation and regulation National legislation A variety of environmental legislations and programs have been issued by the Chinese government in order to regulate the electronic product production and e-waste