Posted by Rita � Berkowitz on 11/06/07 01:03

Igor wrote:

>> It's more akin to consumer brainwashing. Here's a good read from
>> the EPA site.
>>
>> <http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/conserve/2006news/09-crt.htm>
>>
>
> I'm all for showing a healthy skepticism towards environmentalists and
> the government, but in this case, I really don't see what the problem
> is. It's just a set of guidelines for disposing of CRTs.

Try taking a CRT to the landfill. Better yet, try taking a 40' shipping
container of them for disposal and you'll see what brick wall you run into.
It's easier and more economical shipping them to China.

> In the last paragraph, they do encourage people to switch to LCDs, but
> it shouldn't be surprising that an agency like the EPA would want
> people to switch to a technology with lower power consumption and that
> (apparently) contains less hazardous materials than CRTs.

There's still mercury in the backlight. This shit is so pervasive that you
can't buy thermostats containing mercury switches in certain states. It's
getting worse.






Rita

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