不法分子偷运大量澳洲电子垃圾到中国

ILLEGAL shipments of electronic waste from Australian homes - old computers, televisions and mobile phones - have been seized from cargo vessels, part of a little-known smuggling trade that fuels child labour and toxic pollution in China.

据2009年5月22日《悉尼晨锋报》报道，从去年初开始，至少有12艘载有报废电脑电视等电子垃圾的货船未经许可偷偷从澳洲驶往亚洲，大多数流入中国南方一些中小城市，导致当地的水质和土壤中汞等有毒物质含量严重超标，环境被严重污染。