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From Cradle to Grave: The Impact of Electronics
June 16, 2004
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The electronics industry has brought us gadgets galore, from mobile phones that take pictures to the computer we use to edit this radio show. But there's also a dark secret: the electronics industry is one of the world's dirtiest; its growing legacy includes poisoned workers and mountains of toxic waste. On this week's edition we take a closer look at what our gadgets are doing to our environment.
Featuring:
Ted Smith, executive director, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition; Romi Manna, former production technician, National Semiconductor; Joe LaDou, director, International Center for Occupational Medicine, UC San Francisco; Ninotchka Rosca, director of communications and development, Santa Clara Center for Occupational Safety and Health; John Greenagle, spokesman, Semiconductor Industry Association; Lourdes Lujan, solderer, Sanyo battery plant; Jaime Corta, CITTAC; Magdalena Cerda, organizer, Environmental Health Coalition; Sarah Westervelt, toxics research analyst, Basel Action Network; Tom Hogye, general manager, United Datatech
For more information:
Border Environmental Justice Campaign Organizer
Environmental Health Coalition
1717 Kettner Blvd., Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92101
619-235-0281; ehc@environmentalhealth.org
www.environmentalhealth.org
Centro De Informacion Para Trabajadoras Y Trabajadores Accion Civil
Dolores 32 B, Fracc. Dimenstein
Tijuana, Baja California
664-622-4269; 619-216-0095; cittac@telnor.net
www.cittac.org
United Datatech
705 Reed St.
Santa Clara, CA 95050
408-998-0700
www.uniteddatatech.com
International Center for Occupational Medicine
University of California School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA 94143-0924
415-476-4951
http://coeh.berkeley.edu
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
768 North First St., San Jose, CA 95112
408-287-6707; svtc@svtc.org
www.svtc.org or www.computertakeback.com
The Basel Action Network c/o Asia-Pacific Environmental Exchange
1305 4th Ave., Suite 606
Seattle, WA 98101
206-652-5555; info@ban.org
www.ban.org
Santa Clara Center for Occupational Safety and Health
760 North First St., Second Floor
San Jose, CA 95112
408-998-4050; info@sccosh.org
www.sccosh.org