|  | All waste landfills leak. Even the best `state of the art' landfills are not completely secure and a certain amount of chemical and metal leaching will occur... About 70% of heavy metals (including mercury and cadmium) found in landfills come from electronic discards. 
 -"Exporting Harm", Basel Action Network, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, 2/25/2002
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