
A television which entertains you
to the most contains great deal of hazardous substances in it. Most of the
people use CRT i.e. cathode ray tubes to see their respective shows and it
consists of more amount of lead in it which actually is a serious threat for environment.
One of the most reliable devices is mobile phones; this doesn’t have many toxic
materials when compared to TV. Due to the development of the society, more
stylish devices were designed on regular basis; hence it increases the number
of mobile phones which is needed to be disposed. Mobile phones are often coated
with lead which again causes serious threat to landfills and groundwater.
However, the most hazardous component of a mobile is the battery which comprise
of nickel, cadmium and lead. Similarly, many laptops have fluorescent
lamps which are made of mercury, the deadliest toxin known to man. Circuit
boards can also include batteries made of mercury as well as mercury switches. These
hazardous chemicals are very dangerous to human health creating many deadly
diseases like, lead causes cardiovascular problem, cadmium affects central
nervous system and damages liver and lung, mercury poisoning, asthma caused by
nickel sensitivity and so on.
Nowadays everybody is much more
conscious about the global warming and climate change but how many of them are
actually concerned about e-waste? Even e-waste spoils our environment to larger
extent and hence affects our life. Dumping electronic waste with lead, cadmium,
etc affects soil fertility and pollutes ground water quality which in turn
influences the flora and fauna. If plants get affected then the amount of
carbon intake will be low hence resulting in most famous GLOBAL WARMING.
Everything is a cycle as we go on. We need to have precautionary measures and
effective methodology in order to save our planet.
Don't you think 'E-waste' as a stand-out topic to discuss?
Reviewed by Gowthama Rajavelu
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Nice post. you are right. we have to do that anyhow. Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks for your comment. Yeah everyone should know about it.
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