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Annexure - 1

List of Substances Contained in Electronic Waste

Substances in Bulk
Epoxy resins, fibre glass, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and thermosetting plastics.

Elements in Bulk
Lead, tin, copper, silicon, beryllium, carbon, iron and aluminium.

Elements in Small Amounts
Cadmium, mercury, thallium.

Elements in Trace Amounts
Americium, antimony, arsenic, barium, bismuth, boron, cobalt, europium, gallium, germanium, gold, indium, lithium, manganese, nickel, niobium, palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, selenium, silver, tantalum, terbium, thorium, titanium, vanadium, and yttrium.

Annexure 2

Environmental & Health Hazards of WEEE

Concluded.

Dr. Gursharan Singh Kainth started his career as Lecturer at Post Graduate Dept. of Economics, Government College, Gurdaspur, and later at Khalsa College; Amritsar, specializes in Quantitative & Development Economics. Has the distinction of serving Punjab Agricultural Univ, Ludhiana, for more than 2 decades and remained Director-Principal of Saint Soldier Management & Technical Institute, Jalandhar. Currently, heading GAD Institute of Development Studies, Amritsar, a self-financed research institute. Has been honoured with various awards, including Guru Draunacharya Samman, Vijay Rattan Award, etc.
Article posted on February 22, 2009.