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How 'donations' from the West are inundating Ghana with toxic waste

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69% Informative

Most of the goods end up in the Global South , where millions of people depend on repairing, dismantling or selling them for a livelihood.

Environmental groups say this is a toxic trifecta of waste that inflicts damage to land, coastlines and health.

Fred de Sam Lazaro reports in partnership with the Pulitzer Center .

VR Score

74

Informative language

75

Neutral language

64

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

47

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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