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Today's article is about how E- waste generation is steeply rising in Asia and  how it is affecting our lives.. 

Electronic waste is rising sharply across Asia as higher salaries allow a huge number of individuals to purchase smartphones and different other gadgets, with serious consequences for human well being and our environment, as indicated by a recent UN study. E-waste in Asia has skyrocketed 63 percent in the last five years, the report by the United Nations stated, as it cautioned of a need for more countries in the region to improve recycling and disposal methods.

In the Chinese town of Guiyu, which built its economy by recycling waste collected from overseas, heavy metal contamination has turned water and air highly toxic. Also, children in the town had high concentrations of lead in their blood.

For a long time, China and some other countries in Asia have been a dumping ground for discarded gadgets and electronics from the developed world. The report stated that recently, Asia has developed as a major dumping ground of electronic waste, because of increasing affluent consumers purchasing gadgets, such as, smartphones, tablets, Air conditioners, PCs and TVs. China has dramatically increased its own generation of e-waste between 2010 and 2015, the period of survey, as per the report.

Per capita, the most offending region was Hong Kong, where every individual in the territory produced an average of 21.7 kilograms of e-waste in 2015. Singapore and Taiwan were also major e-waste generators, with a little more than 19 kilograms for every individual in 2015. Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines were among the lowest e-waste generators with a normal of around one kilogram for every individual.

Improper and illegal e-waste dumping means a greater exposure to extremely toxic chemicals, leading to severe chronic diseases and health complications. Acids that are utilized to separate the metals in the electronic gadgets are an added concern, with exposure to them casing severe respiratory problems.