To me this article is rather upsetting. I know that most people don’t really think about where what they throw away goes, but the fact that even the people who try to do well by the world by giving their e-waste to charities, that are SUPPOSED to dispose of it in a good way, that are giving their e-waste to the same people as the dumping corporations that are only out for a profit is astounding to me. It just makes the whole situation seem so hopeless. If people really think that in today’s world they can just ship something far away and that it will never come back to haunt them than they really need to wake up. As Carroll states in his article, the countries that end up with all the e-waste just turn around and sell it right back in a different form. So not only are developing countries’ e-waste ruining the people’s lives who live in under-developed countries but it bounces back and risks the original sender’s health as well when they inadvertently buy Chinese made jewelry that contains an unhealthy amount of lead because it was made from the scrapes of e-waste.
The other thing that bothers me about this article is that Carroll doesn’t really give any sort of definite solution to the problem. He does talk about a recycling machine that can safely dispose of e-waste, but he offers not possible solution to how to clean up the mess that has already been made by the dumping of e-waste. This just bothers me, if I was going to write an article for National Geographic than I would at least make a suggestion for how to help, or mention a group that is trying to help clean up or something…
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