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Author Grossman, Elizabeth, 1957-

Title High tech trash [electronic resource] : digital devices, hidden toxics, and human health / Elizabeth Grossman.

Imprint Washington : Island Press : Shearwater Books, c2006.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiv, 334 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The underside of high tech -- Raw materials : where bits, bytes, and the earth's crust coincide -- Producing high tech : the environmental impact -- High-tech manufacture and human health -- Flame retardants : a tale of toxics -- When high tech electronics become trash -- Not in our backyard : exporting electronic waste -- The politics of recycling -- A land ethic for the digital age -- Appendix. How to recycle a computer, cell phone, TV, or other digital devices.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Electronic waste.
Electronic apparatus and appliances -- Environmental aspects.
Electronic apparatus and appliances -- Health aspects.
Product life cycle.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title Digital devices, hidden toxics, and human health
ISBN 1559635541 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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