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The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that the stream of e-waste is growing two to three times the rate of any other source of waste. Only 15-20 percent of e-waste is recycled, and, according to the EPA, the “vast majority” of that waste is exported. California alone exported an estimated 20 million pounds of e-waste in 2006.  E-waste is commonly dumped in developing nations, such as India, Nigeria, and China. Workers, some of whom are children, dismantle electronics under dangerous conditions.  Every day, e-waste is sent to U.S. prisons where inmates “recycle” it. The toxic truth is that they smash apart computer monitors without adequate protection from the glass or a respirator to keep the toxic dust from their lungs. 