Will your smartphone end up in an electronics recycling operation like this one in Guangzhou, China?
(Credit: Jay Greene/CNET)
Your smartphone may be sleek and shiny on the outside, but on the inside, it could be harboring some environmental troublemakers.
But there's some good news: today's smartphones are likely to contain less of that bad stuff.
iFixit, in partnership with HealthyStuff.org, has released the results of a study that conducted a chemical analysis of handsets to see just how packed with toxic ickiness your favorite gadget might be.
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