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[Ronald Steinke]

On 5 September, 2006, at 9:51:14, Richard Gilmore wrote:

> On 28/8/06 2:13 PM, "Paul Moortgat" <paul.moortgat at pandora.be> wrote:
>
>> iSight is no longer allowed in the whole of Europe.  They made it  
>> a law
>
> What????? How??

It all started when someone found out that there are parts inside the  
iSight camera that are considered as hazardous materials in most of  
Europe. The laws in many european countries are much stricter than in  
America (corporate entities don't exactly own those governments yet)  
and they have been more cognizant of environmental issues than we have.

I am in favor of imposing better controls on our treatment of  
hazardous materials, but have no idea what the ultimate costs of such  
programs might be. I can say that California is beginning to join the  
european attitude and is now charging a recycling fee for each new  
CRT device that is sold. The fees collected are being used to pay for  
the recycling companies who handle the tons of electronic waste that  
we are generating and the materials can be re-used instead of being  
put in landfills to poison our future generations (that is, if we can  
survive the current terroristic phase of our civilization).