SOSC 1801 Study Guide - Final Guide: Trichloroethylene, Coltan, Willamette Riverkeeper
7 Apr 2018
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The rise of electronics in the world has caused a rapid increase of metal dumps in developing countries. There is a hunger craze for new technology and it has fed the production of these dangerous metals which increases this waste stream. In southern china, men , women and children pluck out microchips and get rid of the waste of these electronics with bare hands. Tissue samples of animals and humans have been found to contain synthetic che(cid:373)icals used i(cid:374) (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g toda(cid:455)"s fast gro(cid:449)i(cid:374)g electronics. Metals are used in all electronics that contain semiconducotrs and circuit boards. Farmers, in the democratic republic of congo, left their farms to work in dangerous coltan mines which produced ore. The sales of this ore contributed the war between uganda and rwanda. The us has found trichloroethylene in groundwater levels in. Mountain view that are recognized by the epa to be carcinogenic.
