Humans Pay Fearful Price For Cheap E-books

[Book production has always had a cost in environmental and pollution 
terms. Discussion of the balance of cost between print and digital has 
never really developed in any depth. This may be the start of such a 
discussion. This should certainly be read, and possible implications 
should be considered.]

Humans Pay Fearful Price For Cheap E-books
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Apple Cited as Adding to Pollution in China
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/35731
http://ereads.com/2011/09/humans-pay-fearful-price-for-cheap-e-books.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/technology/apple-suppliers-causing-environmental-problems-chinese-group-says.html?_r=1&ref=business
http://ereads.com/2011/2010/08/greeners-speak-up-about-toxic-e-books.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/technology/apple-suppliers-causing-environmental-problems-chinese-group-says.html?_r=3&ref=business
http://www.ipe.org.cn/Upload/Report-IT-V-Apple-II.pdf
'...Apple suppliers often "fail to properly dispose of hazardous waste" and that 27 of the suppliers had been found to have environmental problems...'
'... earlier this year, Apple acknowledged that 137 workers at a Chinese factory near the city of Suzhou had been seriously injured by a toxic chemical used in making the signature slick glass screens of theiPhone  <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/iphone/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>....'
'... dozens of multinationals have been accused of using Chinese factories that employedchild labor  <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/child_labor/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>, violated the country's labor laws and fouled its waterways...'
'...

Supply chain experts say brand-name companies generally do a better job 
of monitoring and auditing their suppliers than smaller companies in 
China.... while conditions have improved at many work sites, labor 
violations and the discharge of toxic waste remain major problems....'
'...But Ma Jun, the director of the Institute of Public and 
Environmental Affairs, said Thursday that Apple had a poor environmental 
record and that the company had been less responsive to the group's 
investigations than other electronics makers....'




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