HazList

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A.T.S.D.R. priority list TOP 10 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES 1. Arsenic 2. Lead 3. Mercury 4. Vinyl Chloride 5. Benzene 6. Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB's) 7. Cadmium 8. Benzo(A)Pyrene 9. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 10. Benzofluoranthene *the ones in red can be found in some electronics	"A standard display monitor contains from four to eight pounds of lead" -- University of Florida study "35 million personal computers were sold in 1998. During that year, 20.6 million became obsolete but only 11 percent of them were recycled. By the year 2002, the number of obsolete computers is projected to exceed the number sold." -- National Safety Council study Massachusetts, in 2000, became the first state to completely ban all monitors from landfills. During 2002 Lifecyclers recycled 250 thousand pounds of materials, which is almost 3 pounds of hazardous materials for every man, woman, and child in the city of Duluth.
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A.T.S.D.R. priority list
TOP 10 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
1. Arsenic
2. Lead
3. Mercury
4. Vinyl Chloride
5. Benzene
6. Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB's)
7. Cadmium
8. Benzo(A)Pyrene
9. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
10. Benzofluoranthene

*the ones in red can be found in some electronics

"A standard display monitor contains from four to eight pounds of lead"
-- University of Florida study

"35 million personal computers were sold in 1998. During that year, 20.6 million became obsolete but only 11 percent of them were recycled. By the year 2002, the number of obsolete computers is projected to exceed the number sold."
-- National Safety Council study

Massachusetts, in 2000, became the first state to completely ban all monitors from landfills.

During 2002 Lifecyclers recycled 250 thousand pounds of materials, which is almost 3 pounds of hazardous materials for every man, woman, and child in the city of Duluth.