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Answer» This s a collection of stories from last year. So it is not current News, but you should want to follow the links and see what the fuss was. I heard cars are pretty dangerous too.They regulate cars. I used to live in Silicon Valley and I understand the issues there. San Jose is a beautiful plane to live. Sad to say, the water quality was compromised by the electronics industry. The industry has been poorly regulated as to hazardous materials. Making Cell phones or iPads is more that just Lithium Icon. A whole litter of metals are needed just to make a cute little gadget. The problem still is with us. To date that are no statics as to how many people have been killed by a cell phones. But the mining industry, world wide, continues to harm people. California now has laws to reduce the problem here, but globally people are being hurt with the cell phone industry. Peale read the last link in my post above. Thank you. Geek this is absolutely terrible news...especially given the fact you stated that phones are replacing PC's... Now what on Earth do we do ? ? Quote from: patio on April 12, 2013, 06:37:15 AM Geek this is absolutely terrible news...especially given the fact you stated that phones are replacing PC's...I do'no. Shall we live in caves? The more I got into this, the worst it gets. Ted Smith is well-known as an environmentalist. His main target was the Santa CLARA Valley. Here is a blurb about him: Quote Ted Smith , Silicon Valley Toxics CoalitionIn other words, this guy is for real. Now Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Cupertino and San Jose are better places to live. But in other parts of the world it is still very bad. This is too dressing. I want to stop here. Don't ask me about POPs. What about POP's ? ?You should not ask. POP is almost an alternative 'end of the world as we kn OW sit.' a POIP is a Persistent Organic Pollutant. At one time the UN list the 'dirty doze' as: Quote The "Dirty Dozen"A number of these comes from the electronic industry. The way cell phones sales are going world-wide, fabrication of cell phones will become the main source of POPs. Yes, they are controlled in North America and Europe., but most of the world is still far behind in controlling careless POP disposal. Chine is, arguable, the worst with the rest of SE Asia close in second place. Notice PCB. Widely used, Polychlorinated Biphenyls are important material in electrical and electronic equipment. The possibility of getting everybody to stop using this chemical group is very small. Many POPs are a paradox. They SEEM to be stable, yet that can become volatile and spread around. And then can concentrate in one place. Quote Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes.[1] Because of this, they have been observed to persist in the environment, to be capable of long-range transport, bioaccumulate in human and animal tissue, biomagnify in food chains,[1] and to have potential significant impacts on human health and the environmenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_organic_pollutant I confess that most of my study has been in electronics and I had not idea how much impact minerals and chemical compounds have non the environment. Shall I stop? Do you want to ask me about Gold? Yes Gold, that wonderful stuff they use when you need to crown a tooth. No, it is not a POP. It is safe. For you an me. But not everybody. Go ahead, ask me about Gold! It will ruin your day! What about Gold ? ? ? Quote from: patio on April 12, 2013, 08:45:38 PM But the mining industry, world wide, continues to harm people. Everybody is all about people... but won't somebody please think about the canaries?Gold is very important in the fabrication of smartphones as well s loather electronic devices. Very small amounts of gold are needed. But you just don't go to Fort Knox and say "May I have a cup of gold? I need to build 10,000 cell phones this month." In Africa and South America third world poor people prefer to work in gold mining rather than stay on the farm. It pays better. And they risk their health to make more money. A common practice is use of mercury to recover gold from ore. If done in a proper facility, it works great. But in the third-world the idea of a closed system recovery is not popular. Instead, they release the mercury vapor into the air. Mercury vapor in the air is bad for people and birds. The canaries? Yes, it kills them too. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/science/study-finds-mercury-in-more-northeastern-bird-species.html?_r=0What about rare earth minerals ? ? Why are my flourescent light bulbs so expensive now ? ? Quote from: patio on April 13, 2013, 02:09:44 PM What about rare earth minerals ? ? It's indirectly related to the Feline's attempts to take over the worlds grain supply.Yes, that's a good point. the so-called rare earth minerals are elements that are hard to find. Actually, they are not really hard to find. Most of the current production comes from China. Reportedly 92% of rare earth minerals come from China. the mining of these minerals does not have a great impact on the environment of the rest of the world. However, the impact of this type of mining is a serious issue for China. This post was about smart phones and cell phones because they are now becoming the number one item in all the earth. There are about as many smart phones or cell phones out there as the world's population. This means that there are people that do not have lights in the house but they do have a cell phone. My guess is that the problems the Chinese have will translate into higher prices for products used in the rest of the world. And that includes computers, nuclear power plants, and hybrid cars. About your light bulbs. Yes, they are terribly expensive. They're supposed to last five years, ha ha, big joke. And where do you dispose of them? And by the way, ordinary old-fashioned light bulbs are made of tungsten. Yet another rare earth. So do I have a solution to this problem? I have some thoughts about that, but maybe I just won't say anything right now. Still, I love my iPhone and do not intend to give it up. And my laptop computer. And my desktop. And my fluorescent light. Here is a link that has a fair discussion about rare earth minerals. http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/translating-uncle-sam/stories/what-are-rare-earth-metals OK, here is my plan. Take away all the stuff from everybody. Except for me and a few of my friends. Problem solved. |
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