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DESCRIPTION:Globalization and Garbage Series: Ted Smith, Silicon Valley Toxics 
 Coalition - Join us for part two in our speaker series on waste on a global 
 scale. Ted will be speaking on the recent ground-breaking news regarding 
 the dumping of countless amounts of "High Tech Trash" in Asia. A 
 groundbreaking investigation by an international coalition of environmental 
 organizations reveals that huge quantities of hazardous electronic wastes 
 (e-wastes) are being exported to China, Pakistan and India where they are 
 processed in operations that are extremely harmful to human health and the 
 environment. "We found a cyber-age nightmare," said Jim Puckett, 
 coordinator of BAN. "They call this recycling, but it’s really dumping by 
 another name." The operations involve men, women and children toiling under 
 primitive conditions, often unaware of the health and environmental hazards 
 involved in operations which include open burning of plastics and wires, 
 riverbank acid works to extract gold, melting and burning of toxic soldered 
 circuit boards and the cracking and dumping of toxic lead laden cathode ray 
 tubes. The investigative team witnessed many tons of the e-waste simply 
 being dumped along rivers, in open fields and irrigation canals in the rice 
 growing area. Ted Smith will elaborate upon the problem of the 
 international toxic trade in e-wastes and what can be done to turn the tide 
 in the fight against Garbage and Globalization. Suggested donation $5, no 
 one turned away for lack of funds. Proceeds benefit Silicon Valley Toxics 
 Coalition and the Ecology Cetner. \n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/7173.php
SUMMARY:Globalization and Garbage: Silicon Valley Toxics
LOCATION:Ecology Center\n2530 San Pablo Ave @Dwight\nBerkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/7173.php
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