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    :: Monday, December 31, 2007 ::

    Ever wonder where your old laptop ended up?- Electric New Paper, Singapore
    The pervasive smell of scorched metal and burnt plastic hangs in the air.

    Toxic smoke wreaths the workers' faces.

    And children there live with the risk of lead poisoning, which can cause brain damage.

    Welcome to the Chinese town of Guiyu, in Guangdong province.

    It can be considered the graveyard of Christmas past, for it is where many presents - game consoles, laptops, handphones - go to die, reported TheDaily Telegraph.
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