[FRIAM] Foreign Policy photo essay, inside the digital dump (fwd)

[Pamela McCorduck]

That's a sobering essay.  Since I was recently at the "Gold" exhibit at  
the American Museum of Natural History, I was particularly struck by  
the more-gold-in-one-ton-of-electronic junk than in--was it 17?--tons  
of gold ore.


On May 21, 2007, at 11:35 PM, Tom Johnson wrote:

> fyi
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> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3807&page=0
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> Technology drives the forces of globalization. But when we replace our
> computers and flat-screens with the newest in high-tech cool, what
> happens to the hardware we throw away? Welcome to the digital dumping
> ground, where the poor make a living off other people's spare parts.
>
>
> -tj
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