8 Oct
2005
8 Oct
'05
6:36 p.m.
On 10/8/2005 at 8:42 PM William Donzelli wrote:
This is not really the case anymore - the Chinese have
really cleaned up
their act, not so much for environmental reasons, but because they can
make more money due to better yields.
Hmmm, according to this People's Daily article, the hazardous practices are still
going on:
http://english.people.com.cn/200505/24/eng20050524_186536.html
...and while importing of electronics scrap to China was supposedly banned in November
2004, Xinhua says that it's just gone underground:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/15/content_3354367.htm
Cheers,
Chuck