What are the hazards of e-waste to people and the environment?

The new environmental killer e-waste is very harmful, mainly because it is rich in too many heavy metals, easy to cause serious pollution of the surrounding environment. Television, computers, cell phones, stereos and other products, there are a large number of toxic and harmful substances. For example, the picture tube of the TV set contains explosive waste, as well as extremely harmful radioactive substances, cathode ray tubes, printed circuit boards on the solder and plastic shells, etc. are toxic substances. And computers are even more powerful: according to experts, the lead content alone in a computer monitor reaches an average of more than 1 kilogram. If the electronic waste simply use the traditional landfill or incineration way to deal with the environment, soil damage is difficult