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What's Dirty About the Clean Industry?
July 11, 2001
Listen/download helpFor many of us, our daily lives consist of frequent interactions with high-technology products. It may seem that the digital domain has little impact on nature. But according to workers in hi-tech manufacturing and independent reports on the industry, that's far from the truth. On this program we take a look at the environmental consequences of computer and electronics production.
Featuring:
Jim Harris, former maintenance technician for National Semiconductor; Mandy Hawes, attorney representing workers in lawsuits against IBM and National Semiconductor; Ruben Cardoso, former senior assembler at IBM; Kevin Miller, recycling coordinator for the City of Napa, California; Ted Smith, executive director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition; Steve Wyatt, Computer Recycling Center; Lily Hsueh, secretary general of the Taiwan Environmental Action Network; Wen-ling Tu, co-author of "Environmental and Social Aspects of Taiwanese and U.S. Companies in Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park."
For more information:
Alexander, Hawes & Audet, LLP
152 N. Third St., Suite 600
San Jose, CA 95112
408-289-1776
Taiwan Environmental Action Network
408-927-0172; tean-com@formosa.org
http://tean.formosa.org
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
760 North 1st St.
San Jose, CA 95112
408-287-6707;
fax: 408-287-6771
www.svtc.org