High Tech
Nakeina Sheppard
D.marshall
Dre-098
September 30, 2014 High Tech Trash How many high tech items does each family have in their homes? The average family has at least six high tech items their households. These items include cell phones, computers, games systems and much more. Many families take advantage of newer versions of these high tech items. Instead of keeping the old items and buying the new ones, families partake of something called e-waste. E-waste is old electronic waste. There are many effects of e-waste such as sickness, identity, pollution. The first way e-waste can effect people is by sickness, the process of burning the trash can cause people to become sick. Women who are expecting can inhale the toxic chemicals that inside of the devices, and it may cause harm or danger to the unborn. Xu er al and Zhenger al confirms that the unborn could also be stillborn. The authors also states that the exposed unborn could come out to be shorter than usual and weigh less than others. These accusations show that e-waste is not a good idea for expecting mothers. E-waste does not only go for children as victims, adults also get sick from this high tech trash. Qiu et al reports that the adults usually leaves from the scene with skin damage, headache, and gastro-intestinal disorders. All these problems are coming from all of the smoke that is being released from burning the trash. These people that are infected by the trash will not stop burning the trash, simply because this how how they make ends meat. Even though the people do not make a lot of money, they still make enough to get what they need.
The second effect of e-waste is identity and personal information from your computers. Most times families are done with their computers most of them do not check to see if their computers are completely clean. According to author Chris Carroll once people throw their trash away it is picked up and sold. The countries that buys the computers will go
D.marshall
Dre-098
September 30, 2014 High Tech Trash How many high tech items does each family have in their homes? The average family has at least six high tech items their households. These items include cell phones, computers, games systems and much more. Many families take advantage of newer versions of these high tech items. Instead of keeping the old items and buying the new ones, families partake of something called e-waste. E-waste is old electronic waste. There are many effects of e-waste such as sickness, identity, pollution. The first way e-waste can effect people is by sickness, the process of burning the trash can cause people to become sick. Women who are expecting can inhale the toxic chemicals that inside of the devices, and it may cause harm or danger to the unborn. Xu er al and Zhenger al confirms that the unborn could also be stillborn. The authors also states that the exposed unborn could come out to be shorter than usual and weigh less than others. These accusations show that e-waste is not a good idea for expecting mothers. E-waste does not only go for children as victims, adults also get sick from this high tech trash. Qiu et al reports that the adults usually leaves from the scene with skin damage, headache, and gastro-intestinal disorders. All these problems are coming from all of the smoke that is being released from burning the trash. These people that are infected by the trash will not stop burning the trash, simply because this how how they make ends meat. Even though the people do not make a lot of money, they still make enough to get what they need.
The second effect of e-waste is identity and personal information from your computers. Most times families are done with their computers most of them do not check to see if their computers are completely clean. According to author Chris Carroll once people throw their trash away it is picked up and sold. The countries that buys the computers will go