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Lead
can cause brain damage in children and can damage our kidneys and central nervous system. Lead can enter our drinking water
by leaching from landfills, contaminating the clothes of workers at improperly regulated recycling plants, or reach our homes
from crushing CRTs in landfill. Significant amounts of lead ions are dissolved from broken lead containing glass, such as
the cone glass of cathode ray tubes, when mixed with acid waters that commonly occur in landfills.
About 70% of the
heavy metals (including mercury and cadmium) found in landfills come from electronic equipment discards. These heavy metals
and other hazardous substances found in electronics can contaminate groundwater and pose other environmental and public health
risk
What is inside my computer?
Get involved
If
you truly recognize the severity of this situation, and the impact it is having on our environment and health, you can help
by bringing it to the attention of any government agency or individual you have contact with.
In these days of internet
dependency, rare is the legislator who does not have email access, or even a website where constituents can leave their comments.
Take advantage of this and let them know we are all concerned.
Do it for your children.
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