This piece on electronics recycling ran on 60 Minutes Sunday August 30, 2009. It's a repeat program that originally aired in November 2008. The Electronic Wasteland http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4586903n This is the reason lead in solder is being banned. Instead of fixing the problem, a new one (lead free manufacturing) has been created. The result (reduced reliability of electronics) will be far worse on human life (in toto) than the pollution seen in this video, IMHO. Bob Landman, President Life Senior Member, IEEE IEEE Power & Energy/Reliability Societies IEEE Standards Association H&L Instruments, LLC www.hlinstruments.com