Did you know there is 4-8 lbs of lead in a CRT monitor?

Thanks for the info, PDiddie, I had no idea that there was lead in a TV or CRT's...another scarry environmental issue.

In regard to the 911 electronic equipment...the possible problems and side effects of the air quality from that day, may not surface for another ten years.

I watched a documentary on China a while ago. On the program they said China is one of the largest buyers of old computer parts. It has become an industry on its own. Poor workers dismantle hardware for sellable parts, ie copper. The usualy method is to burn these components which in turn have poisoned the air and water. It was quite a revealing program and really opened my eyes to increasing problems we now have with all of this "throw away technology".

Jimmy Breslin, the wonderful New Yawk columnist, has complained about how poorly he has felt in the months since that fateful day and suspects it's because he went without much of a breathing filter, save his shirt sleeve.

Nothing but anecdotal evidence, to be sure, but I suspect that some effects will be noticed sooner than in a decade, color.

A great point you made, Ceili, and the link above indicates exactly that, that countries in Asia wind up as a final resting place for much of this waste and it is burned, in defiance of every international law and agreement.

(BTW, the link seems to be non-functioning mostly; I get there by pasting the URL into the address line, or simply backing up to the home page by backspacing the tail end of it).

Very interesting. Thanks for the info.