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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 08:53 PM Original message |
Spent Batteries From U.S. Put Mexicans’ Health at Risk |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. I didn't know there was a market for exploding Chinese cars. n/t |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Is there any other kind? |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. E-waste "recycling" in places like Africa and India is horrific |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-11 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. Lead in used U.S. batteries put Mexicans at risk |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. A good, blunt heads up to Mexican regulators to up their recycling standards. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Strange, how the lead in used Mexican batteries don't seem to put them at risk. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Strange how the US consumes damned near everything, inc. lead... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Everybody wants to consume. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. True enough. But far too many Americans deliberately OVERCONSUME... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Wait a minute, Mexicans want those used batteries. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. So anyone who's desperate enough to risk their own lives for your... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. So what do you do with your own depleted batteries? |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-11 07:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Do you really want a pissing match? Stop deliberately misinterpretting... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. It is a legitimate appeal to the principle of similar circumstances. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I outsource to a responsible recycler. The US outsources ALWAYS... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-11 06:35 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Australia’s big export – lead poison |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Its America's fault for not attaching Environmental Rules to NAFTA |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-11 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
15. This is Mexico's fault, not ours. Mexico is a oligarchy, has been since before Pancho Villa. |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. We need a revolution also. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-11 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. Spent batteries from Mexico too. n/t |
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