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"There is growing concern over the use of hazardous chemicals in consumer goods, particularly with regard to electrical and electronic equipment. Some of these products, including computers, can contain heavy metals and other hazardous chemicals as constituents of their various components. The ongoing use of such chemicals has the potential to impact on the environment and human health as a result of the manufacture, use and disposal of these products.
In 2006, Greenpeace found a range of hazardous chemicals in laptop computers available for purchase in Europe, prior to the introduction of legislation, known as RoHS, regulating the use of certain hazardous chemicals in electrical and electronic products in the EU. More recently, similar legislation has been introduced in China. This subsequent study was conducted by Greenpeace following the introduction of these laws, to investigate the presence of certain hazardous substances in a range of laptop computers available for purchase within the EU and other countries in Europe, in North and South America and in Asia."

"Il Petrolchimico di Marghera: storia e segreti di un'industria, di un disastro ambientale, della morte annunciata di decine di operai per gli effetti cancerogeni connessi alla produzione e del processo che ne seguì.
Felice Casson - magistrato che per primo raccolse la denuncia degli operai di Porto Marghera - ricostruisce la storia del Petrolchimico, complesso industriale messo sotto accusa per la morte di 157 operai e la provocata malattia di altri 103, e del processo che ne vide i vertici dirigenziali assolti in primo grado ma colpevoli in appello e in Cassazione. Passo dopo passo, col respiro di un legal thriller, questo libro racconta le ricerche di un caparbio medico di fabbrica e le manovre delle lobby industriali mondiali, nonché le storie delle vittime, accompagnate dalla sparizione di dossier scomodi, da raggiri politici, ricatti occupazionali, e scontri nella fase processuale. Fino alla verità finale."

"Chlorine is the origin of many of the world's most problematic chemicals and products, including polyvinyl chloride (PVC), used in building and construction. There is extensive interest in the building industry in the manufacture and use of chlorine. A necessary first step in reducing the environmental health impacts of chlorine in the supply chain of PVC and other chlorine-based products is to create a public global inventory of chlorine, vinyl chloride monomer, and PVC producers."