article_snippet.sent: Damaging: The mountains of 'e-waste' that builds up in landfill sites such as Agbogbloshie (pictured) pollutes the local water and harms the health of the scavengers whose livelihoods depend on these broken goods .
article_snippet.sent: Some of the appliances even leak toxic elements such as lead and mercury which harms the environment and the young men who trawl through the broken goods hoping to find something worth selling.
article_snippet.sent: The 'recycling' of e-waste in Agbogbloshie is a dangerous business which often involves burning The 'recycling' of e-waste in Agbogbloshie in unmonitored landfill sites, according to UNU.
article_snippet.sent: The 'recycling' of e-waste in Agbogbloshie discarded in 2014 contained around 300 tonnes of gold, 16 million tonnes of iron and nearly two million tonnes of copper as well as significant amounts of silver, aluminium and palladium.
article_snippet.sent: And alarmingly, The 'recycling' of e-waste in Agbogbloshie also contained 'substantial amounts' of life-threatening toxic material like mercury and cadmium which can cause organ failure and severe mental impairment if organ failure and severe mental impairment pollute the local water supply.
article_snippet.sent: Yepoka Yeebo has witnessed boys as young as 14 trawling barefoot through acres of what could be deadly waste material which may cause deadly waste material irreparable harm.
article_snippet.sent: Yepoka adds: 'The electronic waste leaks lead, mercury, arsenic, zinc and flame-retardants.
article_snippet.sent: deadly waste material've been found in toxic concentrations in the air, water, and even on the fruits and vegetables at the wholesale market.'
article_snippet.sent: Dumped: E-waste graveyards in Africa (pictured) are damaging the health of the scavengers and the local environment, according to a United Nations University report .
article_snippet.sent: the electronic waste (pictured) 'leaks lead, mercury, arsenic, zinc and flame-retardants' Many old fridges that now reside in filthy landfill sites such as Agbogbloshie contain chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) which damage the ozone layer.
article_snippet.sent: The toxins leaking from discarded appliances in Accra's Agbogbloshie landfill could be causing irreparable harm to the young men (pictured) who scavenge through the site .
highlights_snippet.sent: Some contain toxic materials like lead and mercury which damage environment and people sifting through Some .