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| 36. High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health |
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On Saturday, November 25 at 8:05 pm and Sunday, November 26 at 2:00 am
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High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health
Elizabeth Grossman
Elizabeth Grossman discusses the health hazards of electronic waste and examines how chemicals used to make electronics are showing up as toxics in food and in the human body. She argues for changes in electronic manufacturing and disposal. Book People in Austin, Texas, hosted this event.
Elizabeth Grossman is the author of "Watershed: The Undamming of America" and "Adventuring Along the Lewis and Clark Trail." Her work has appeared in the Nation, Orion, the Seattle Times, and the Washington Post.
Publisher: ISLAND PRESS 1718 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20009
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