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Nevertheless, depleted uranium is considered nuclear waste and has to be disposed of accordingly, which is expensive and a potential environmental hazard. The nuclear industry must be very pleased the U.S. military has found a way to get this stuff off their hands cheaply.
Depleted uranium is really a misnomer, because the potentially harmful effects are by no means depleted. Research reports have found that when depleted uranium is ingested or inhaled, it can cause cancers and birth defects. It has considerable heavy-metal toxicity.
As stated in the WHO report, because of its high density, depleted uranium is used in armor-piercing ammunition and as reinforcement against conventional weapons. Upon impact, the depleted uranium fragments burn at intense heat, and 10 to 35 percent of it becomes aerosolized.
Second electronics recycling event set for April 28
E-Waste is the fastest growing part of the waste stream. Just like batteries, electronics seem safe to use, but if we throw them out, they can leak toxic chemicals like lead, mercury and cadmium into our water and air. One computer monitor can contain four to eight pounds of lead, which if released can hurt an entire community. On April 28, Homer will host the second annual computer and electronics recycling day. This is an opportunity for people who have been storing obsolete electronic equipment to dispose of it properly. The Electronics Recycling Event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the loading dock behind the Spenard Builders Supply building on Lake Street. The following items will be collected: computers and components, televisions, scanners, printers, copy and fax machines, radios, stereos, VCR and DVD players, telephones, cell phones, CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, credit card machines, PDA handheld devices, small kitchen appliances, video-digital cameras, household batteries, 35 mm cameras, and fluorescent lamps.
Mumbai asked to conserve energy
MUMBAI: Businesses in Indias financial capital, Mumbai, are being asked to keep down air conditioning use, change light bulbs and put computers on sleep mode in a drive to conserve energy and prevent severe power shortages.
Power supplier Tata Power Co Ltd said the city, which aspires to be a global financial hub and normally enjoys uninterrupted electricity, faced potential power cuts as demand peaks in April and May - the hottest months in the Mumbai calendar.
Demand for power has risen with shopping malls, cinemas and new luxury apartments springing up across the city, reflecting an economic boom that encourages spending on everything from refrigerators to plasma televisions.
Tata Power Co urged office workers not to use electricity at peak times, switch the air conditioning on an hour after starting work and flip off televisions and mobile phone chargers at the plug.
Patrick Orders State Buildings To Go Green
BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick ordered state agencies Wednesday to reduce energy consumption by 20 percent in five years in the most recent of several "green" moves made early in his administration. He also has supported a plan to build 130 windmills in Nantucket Sound and has committed Massachusetts to the nation's first multistate program to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. Patrick signed an executive order requiring agencies to reduce their energy consumption 20 percent in five years and 35 percent by 2020. It also requires agencies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent over the next five years and 80 percent by 2050. .
WHO WE ARE: A column about Australia by David Dale
On Wednesday a nation celebrates the heroism of thousands of young men who sacrificed their lives for freedom. The nation I'm talking about is, of course, Italy. April 25 is what they call Liberation Day, commemorating the point in 1945 when the Germans surrendered, after occupying northern Italy for the final two years of the war. There'll be ceremonies to honour the partisans who pinned down the Nazis and their Fascist supporters while the Americans, British and Australians moved up the peninsula. It's perceived as a day of joyous victory from oppression. The Italians came out of the war stereotyped as inept warriors and military losers. But the last laugh is with them. They went on to conquer the world without firing a single shot. All the images of coolness that clutter the collective unconscious of the west in the 21st century originated in the middle of the Mediterranean.
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