Workers use primitive recycling methods - using highly corrosive and dangerous acid baths - to extract gold from the scrapped metals along the river bank, with virtually no protective equipment, an unnamed industrial insider told the Bloomberg blog.
But they turn a blind eye to the side effects, encouraged by the adage that a van of electronic waste can create a millionaire.
"We just spend 600 yuan (US$95) on a ton of waste Intel chips, but we can extract six kilograms of gold," an unnamed worker said.
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