TOXIC MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS

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TOXIC MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
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• There are over one thousand toxic materials found
  in common electronics. These range from solvents
  and flame retardants to other dangerous
  chemicals. These toxic materials can be found in
  anything from circuit boards and hard drives to
  cell phones and display panels such as flat
  screens.
• In landfills today around 40 of the heavy metals
  found there including lead, mercury, and cadmium,
  comes from electronics that have been not
  properly recycled.
• Significant culprits for these toxins are Cathode
  Ray Tubes (CRTs) or computer monitors. Recycling
  these products can help prevent them from ending
  up in landfills and causing safety hazards.

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• Common Toxins
• With thousands of toxins in electronics that if
  disposed of incorrectly can be health or
  environmental hazards there are a few very common
  toxins found in electronics that are most
  prevalent. These toxins include lead, a well-
  known cause of brain damage, mercury, which can
  cause kidney damage, cadmium, which can poison
  the kidneys and accumulate in your body, and
  Brominated Flame Retardants (BFRs), which can
  cause hormone issues which have been known to
  cause developmental problems.  In the
  semiconductor industry, which is crucial to the
  electronics industry as a whole, Indium is used,
  and can become another major problematic toxin.

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• CRT and LCD Monitors
• Cathode Ray Tube televisions and monitors, for
  example, contain a large amount of toxins. An
  average Cathode Ray Tube monitor contains between
  four and eight pounds of lead. While flat panel
  monitors and TVs contain a lot less, there are
  still significant amounts and they must be
  disposed of properly. Flat panel TVs also contain
  a lot of mercury, which essentially makes them
  just as harmful as CRTs if the correct
  precautions are not taken.

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