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"