Originally posted by bhug

9.7.30

E-waste: disposed of outdated and expensive to repair electronic products. (e.g. TVs, printers, laptops, computer monitors, MP3 players...)
These electronic products contain toxic substances like lead, mercury, cadmium and flame retardants. When improperly handled, workers and the environment are harmed in ways the US chooses to ignore.

Greater than 50% of e-waste generated in the US and Canada is being sent to India, China and Africa; because it costs a fraction to 'dispose' of it there than properly at home.

Sorry to intrude with common sense here but one can check where electronic components are made and odds are you’ll see “Made in China”. (It’s “home”)

Do continue with electronic components having their home in America though instead of reference designs.

We may continue with the scheduled program of “Air Blame America“…err absence of common sense.

Funny how people have unwittingly given the OP exactly what they wanted hehe.

Originally posted by haratu

Originally posted by neorandom

 what is a tonne?  i know a ton is 2000 pounds, and a metric ton is a load of kilos, but ive never seen the tonne.

For those Americans who can not spell: a tonne is 1000 kilogram and is the correct English way to spell "ton". A simple Google search of "tonne" would show you this.
 

^Just had to snipe this bit of douchebaggery.
 

So it is just "Americans" who can't spell eh? Way to show intellect there sunshine

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                How is it our "America's" fault. I fail to see the angle here. Okay, we sell them waste. They buy it for recycling.

They procceed to do what INDIA does best, cost cut to the lowest possible number to make yet more profit than they would if they did it right.

I'm no "Pro-American", hell Mr.Bush would of labelled me an "Anti-American" but christ on a cracker. It's like those morons who blame China for selling them REALLY cheap materials and they turn out to be toxic. There comes a time when men and women MUST accept their bed they themselves have crapped in.

Maybe after 1 million Indian children have gone completely retarded the Indian government will wake up and start enacting strict protocols in the labor force. Gold drives people to do mad things, in this case it's INDIANS poisoning INDIANS.

America is only as responsible by proxy. Association if you will. 

Originally posted by haratu

For those Americans who can not spell: a tonne is 1000 kilogram and is the correct English way to spell "ton". A simple Google search of "tonne" would show you this.
 

Ton is the correct spelling in American English.

Your rather arrogant response does not account for the mutation of languages throughout time.

So, for the arrogant poster who believes tonne is the correct spelling of the word, the word tonne is actually derived from Latin tunna. Note, the English language, whether you consider British English proper and American English improper, was a language used by invading Nordic and Celtic occupiers to communicate with the ignorant Englisc (yes, Englisc) speakers.

WIZZOW!   # 7

Originally posted by neorandom

 the grim truth of the matter is certain areas of the world starve to death because theres too many mouths to feed, gotta thin the herd somehow dont we?  i mean thats the responsible thing to do instead of watching them die of starvation as children, a little sterility never hurt anyone.

Yeah but you know the bleeding heart liberals are always trying to save someone from themselves they just can't help it.

www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/

9.8.2
for the invective and derisive lil nazi that insists i only slander the US (fyi, it is not 'slander' if it is true!)
an 86 min documentary the Soviet Story

ps. nazi because some of their slogans were "terror must be broken with terror" & "all opposition must be stamped into the ground"

edit
about US poisoning it's own people, 15 yrs ago 1 in 10,000 were born with autism, today it is 1 in 150.

There is no cure for autism.

Autism one of a group of serious developmental problems called autism spectrum disorders (ASD) that appear in early childhood — usually before age 3. Though symptoms and severity vary, all autism disorders affect a child's ability to communicate and interact with others.
Environmental factors that have been claimed to contribute to or exacerbate autism, or may be important in future research, include certain foods, infectious disease, heavy metals, solvents, diesel exhaust, PCBs, phthalates and phenols used in plastic products, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, alcohol, smoking, illicit drugs, vaccines, and prenatal stress.

In February 2009 a special federal court ruled that there was no proven link between certain early childhood vaccines and autism that developed in three children.

Originally posted by bhug

9.8.2
for the invective and derisive lil nazi that insists i only slander the US (fyi, it is not 'slander' if it is true!)
an 86 min documentary the Soviet Story

ps. nazi because some of their slogans were "terror must be broken with terror" & "all opposition must be stamped into the ground"

If this country was run my nazis you would be talking to Sgt. Sholz now instead of pushing the bile out of your throat to splatter on this forum.

I have to laugh at the OP..Here the true facts..

1)The water and food that you eat and drink causes cancer..Don't think that the food you eat and the water you drink is safe..Man made chemicals are in both..Allot of people will die of cancer or other related health problems from it and it is not just from smoking..

2)Your Job..Those who breath in cooper dust or coal dust or those who handle chemicals or your machine runs in your building..etc,etc,etc..Your going to die of some form of cancer or health problems due to your job.

3)Look under your Kitchen Sink..You have enough Chemical to start your own Chemical warfare.And just to think your hands are bare and the Chemical soaks through your skin while you cleaning..In the end it will catch up to you..

4) The Air...Go live in Calf..The # 1 state for Asthma for Kids..

5)The over the counter drugs..Do people really think there safe? I got news for ya think again...

Allot more could be added but you all get the picture..

When you start looking in your own back yard..Things dont look so good do they? The end results is..You going to die of something..Death is at everyone door..It just a matter of time of When.

Three cheers for cancer...keep the pop under control...hip hip hooray...hip hip hooray...hip hip hooray...

The smell of death that's around yooooouuuu...

What was that about Chinese farts? 

This makes eight...go for nine?  : )   #9  #9  #9   bedededededede.....

Okay but more seriously...everyone knows Stalin was an insane psychopath...point being?

Originally posted by bhug

The majority of western countries (with the exception of the US and Canada) have enacted rules to prevent the improper disposal of e-waste and support the ineffective international treaty (the Basel Convention) that bans trans-border shipments. (e.g. often european e-waste is exported under the guise of being 'reusable gifts')

Proper topic:

Rest of the world needs to catch up with the US, Canada and the EU and enact proper enviromental laws.

The problem is the corrupt governments in 3rd world countries, not the fact that the US and the EU are democracies.

/facepalm

Your solution is what? The US and Canada follow the 3rd world countries, become corrupt so their populations are also destitute and they their countries will have bad environmental laws too?

Funny thing is if the US and Canada put pressure on these countries to reform, you'd probably bitch that the US and Canada are imperialist and should mind their own business.

Bottom line - its all about "greed" which has no country of origin.

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Originally posted by neorandom
 the grim truth of the matter is certain areas of the world starve to death because theres too many mouths to feed, gotta thin the herd somehow dont we?  i mean thats the responsible thing to do instead of watching them die of starvation as children, a little sterility never hurt anyone.

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More correct I'd say that you are making "certain areas of the world starve to death". If we need to thin out the herd then why not just pick you? Show your responsibility and stop being a hypocrite telling others to die for your untenable lifestyle.

so what? the whole world is going to be destroyed soon anyway.

Global warming will cause another ice age.

The ice will wash away all the dirt your little recycled CRT left behind.

Originally posted by SmurfMagic

so what? the whole world is going to be destroyed soon anyway.

Global warming will cause another ice age.

The ice will wash away all the dirt your little recycled CRT left behind.

 

Yup thats true cause Al Gore told me so :)

Originally posted by hoopty

I have to laugh at the OP..Here the true facts..

1)The water and food that you eat and drink causes cancer..Don't think that the food you eat and the water you drink is safe..Man made chemicals are in both..Allot of people will die of cancer or other related health problems from it and it is not just from smoking..

2)Your Job..Those who breath in cooper dust or coal dust or those who handle chemicals or your machine runs in your building..etc,etc,etc..Your going to die of some form of cancer or health problems due to your job.

3)Look under your Kitchen Sink..You have enough Chemical to start your own Chemical warfare.And just to think your hands are bare and the Chemical soaks through your skin while you cleaning..In the end it will catch up to you..

4) The Air...Go live in Calf..The # 1 state for Asthma for Kids..

5)The over the counter drugs..Do people really think there safe? I got news for ya think again...

Allot more could be added but you all get the picture..

When you start looking in your own back yard..Things dont look so good do they? The end results is..You going to die of something..Death is at everyone door..It just a matter of time of When.

yep