Day: April 22, 2006

Is your PC environmentally correct?  At first glance, the answer is a resounding no.  Computers, cell phones, iPods, and other high-tech toys are basically cocktails of hazardous substances, including lead, mercury, cadmium, beryllium, hexavalent chromium, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic, and brominated flame retardants.  Once they’ve entered our air, water, and soil via landfills and incineration,…