’60 Minutes’ examines the business of e-waste recycling

On November 9, 2008 , the CBS TV news magazine examined the lucrative but shadowy business of mining e-waste -junked computers, television, and other old electronic products- for valuable components, including gold. However, often illegal and hazardous activity creates toxic pollution, which in turn leads to brain damage, kidney disease, cancers, and mutations. In the segment, correspondent Scott Pelley examines the ethics of the recycling industry.

(Source : http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4586903n&tag=mncol;txt)