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For Der Spiegel, on consequences of the dispatch of electronic waste since Occident towards the countries of Africa. In this case in Ghana, in village of Sodome and Gomorrhe, where children, such Bismark, 14 years, live on their working.  But the toxic elements of waste poison them slowly  the journalist explains.  Bismarck knows that all computers stink, that they are 10 or 20 years old and that they are made by Dell, Apple, IBM or Siemens. When they burn, this hurts him at the head and at the throat. Grey and sticky ashes become established in all wrinkles and pores, and they scratch. Tasks appear on the skin, but he knows that he cannot scratch them, because the dust would burn the opened wounds  . The United Nations think that about 50 million tons of electronic waste are thrown into the world every year. (Picture: Clemens H ges)