A sad CRT article

[Jon A.]

Thank goodness for flat panels and their mercury content then. Much safer.

[andy]

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[Carmine]

Originally Posted by andy

I would think the biggest source of lead in an old TV was in the solder. That would certainly corrode in a landfill.

It's also bizarre to me that this wasn't the chosen course for pursuing a haz-waste classification because you don't have to go through the mineral-extraction process used to classify CRT's.

Again, questioning motivations... It may have been that policing the actual scrappage of something as easily disposed of as a circuit board is hard to do. Imagine just having to show your TV's curcuit boards are gone, then you can throw the CRT/cabinet in a dumpster. That's seriously going to cut into the revenue of the haz waste disposers (probably located in NJ). A similar parallel might be requiring scrappers to present "freon removal certifications" for fridges and A/C units. Do you think these items ever arrive in a shape recognizable as an appliance? The fridges are just empty shells and the condenser/evaporator just get shoved in with the old bedspings and aluminum siding.

[Charlie]

Curious... where does lead come from? Where do we get it?

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by Charlie

Curious... where does lead come from? Where do we get it?

It's Mined.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Eric H

It's Mined.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead

Ahh! It's like SNL's Quarry brand serial.

"Tastes better, cause it's mined!"

[Charlie]

Originally Posted by Eric H

It's Mined.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead

So... it's already in the ground. And today, they are worried about put it BACK into the ground... where it came from to begin with!

What are they going to do about the lead that's already in mines?? They'll have to get that out, too, so they can dispose of it properly. And who will pay for that??

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Charlie

So... it's already in the ground. And today, they are worried about put it BACK into the ground... where it came from to begin with!

What are they going to do about the lead that's already in mines?? They'll have to get that out, too, so they can dispose of it properly. And who will pay for that??

The sad part is the eco commies are really that dumb...

[Eric H]

Uranium is also mined but I'm pretty sure if someone wanted to dump it in your water supply or backyard people would throw a fit.

[Carmine]

Originally Posted by Eric H

Uranium is also mined but I'm pretty sure if someone wanted to dump it in your water supply or backyard people would throw a fit.

Let's not stray from what's really being argued. Lead is a common element in just about all soil. Of all the things one might find in a landfill, lead encapsulated within a glass matrix (not ground into dust and digested with acid before measurement with a flame spectrophotometer) is probably one of the least worrisome materials you'll find.

Classifying CRTs as haz waste is a great money-maker for certain people. With the right test, you can separate the elements and justify the classification. We're all afraid of lead because we've seem the stories of kids eating a diet of lead paint chips... Thousands of times the expose one would receive from a lead pipe... Still quite common in municipal water systems. The hype is so intence, stores are afraid to sell used dishwasher because the might have an old copper/lead sweated fitting attached. Your odds of being beheaded are probably higher than health risks from used dishwashers, but which issue has already been addressed? Lobby groups, err I mean Governments, have their priorities!

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by Eric H

Uranium is also mined but I'm pretty sure if someone wanted to dump it in your water supply or backyard people would throw a fit.

Yeah, people get kind of attached to their hair, women especially.

[Reece]

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