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Environmental groups warn against dumping TV sets http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1227892527
The big switch to digital television has people scrambling to make decisions: Cable or converter box? New TV? Satellite?
As the deadline approaches, and with the holiday shopping season in full swing, environmental groups are warning consumers about an unseen consequence of their purchases: the impact on the environment halfway around the world.
TVs and other electronics shipped overseas are frequently recycled under dangerously primitive conditions. Lead is melted over open coal fires. Wires are burned to expose the metal core. Gold and other metals are recovered in vats of acid. The resulting waste, much of it toxic, is dumped haphazardly.
The groups are worried that the problem will be exacerbated in the run-up to the digital switch, scheduled for Feb. 18.
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Heartless Phil says: "Actually, "60 MInutes" did a story on this recently -- so TV isn't all bad."
Haley says: "Watch that segment: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/06/60minutes/main4579229.shtml"
paul says: "So recycling cathode monitors causes hazards, as does dumping. The only sane answer is to freeze up in indecision, then forget the problem."
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