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    :: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 ::

    NIOSH Report Prison Computer Recycling Plant Plagued with Heavy Metals - By Katherine Torres, occupationalhazards.com
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) officials recently found that staff and inmates working at a prison industry computer recycling plant are being exposed to concentrations of lead and cadmium far above permissible limits, according to a report released by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

    NIOSH officials urged an immediate shutdown of computer recycling operations located in eastern Ohio at the Elkton Federal Correctional Institution and strict new anti-contamination safeguards if the factory is to reopen.
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