Earlier this year, thousands of you joined the call for a strong Federal e-waste policy in the United States that clearly prohibits the U.S. government’s e-waste from being exported to developing nations.

We demanded this because we know that the electronic gadgets in today’s e-waste contain hazardous materials like lead, mercury and cadmium which poison communities, workers and the environment in the developing world. We want to solve this problem at home rather than export it out of site and out of mind.

But last week, when the Obama Administration’s Electronics Task Force finally issued its Electronics Stewardship report, they failed to include this essential ban on exports of e-waste.…