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Overseas Toxic Waste Recycling

How the contents of batteries are affecting people in developing countries

Toxic waste such as batteries contain lead, sulphuric acid and plastic - Madeleine Cobbing of Greenpeace discusses what affects can this have on people in the developing countries where they are being recycled.

Also on the programme the Global Ocean Observing System and reasons for deforestation in Ethiopia.

Presented by Su Ingle

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14 minutes

主播大秀 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project