Book description:
Elizabeth Grossman Exposes the Health and Environmental Impacts of Tech Manufecturing and
Disposal and Details the Solutions
Americans own over two billion pieces of high tech electronics and discard millions of toes of
waste each year. The Wall Street Journal called electronic waste ""the world's fastest growing and
potentially most dangerous waste problem."' Yet even the most environmentally coascioes
consumers often don't consider the toxic chemicals that go into their computens, or he lasting
damage of a discarded cell phone. High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics and Humen
Health, by Elizabeth Grossman, is the first comprehensive, global investigaion of -e-waste.
Deep within every electronic device lie dangerous materials like lead, cadmium and mertuy. which
have been linked to cancer and learning disabilities. The manufacture and disposal of electronics
have spread these chemicals around the globe and into our communities, our food and our bodies
Grossman exposes this lurking crisis and details the potential solutions, including a recycling guide
for consumers and a look at what companies and politicians are doing (and not doing) to solve the
problem.
Called "Eye-Opening," " Alarming," and " Compelling," Grossman's book has already
received widespread critical acclaim:
Wired News: "Grossman manages to create a coherent, informative and seary narrative out of the
births and deaths of electronics from T Vs and cell phones to computer monitors and iPods"