60-minutes ran a stomach wrenching story on e-waste that leaves you uncomfortable knowing the information it reveals.

The basic highlight of the report shows how in the U.S., even when you think you are recycling electronics properly, there’s a chance it’s getting shipped to Hong Kong and just dumped into a wasteland. What’s even worse is the city it’s dumped in, the people are exposed to cancer-causing chemicals which cause some pretty severe health issues.

The story (which seems award winning worthy) exposes an underground operation thats linked to a so-called recycle facility in Colorado. In my opinion — the part of the story that is like a sucker punch to the gut, is the fact people who pay or drive to e-waste facilities may not actually be helping the enviornment at all. Totally sucks.

The 12-minute story is worth watching all the way through, I’ve embedded it below or you can watch it on the 60-minutes website.