High-tech and toxic

Article Abstract:

The electronics industry projects a clean and non-polluting image that is free from environmental or occupational hazards. However, the electronics industry uses a lot of chemicals and is one of the most chemical-intensive industries developed by man. The ugly side of high-tech electronic manufacturing is revealed in polluted drinking water, birth defects, water discharges that harm fish and wildlife, high rates of miscarriages among workers and cancer clusters among workers at older plants. Silicon Valley, the center of American high-tech electronics industry, has more Superfund sites than any other area in the US.

Semiconductor industry, High technology industry, Integrated circuit fabrication, Environmental aspects, Electronics industry, Semiconductor preparation

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Latin America inaugurates economic reform

Article Abstract:

Latin America adopted a new economic reform program in the early 1980s to help solve the debt crisis which started in 1982 and brought a stop to inward-looking, protectionist policies in the country. The dramatic economic strategy, strangely known as the 'Washington Consensus,' replaced the old 'Santiago Consensus.' The success or failure of the new economic model, which presents four basic changes including the short-term balance of payments and trade liberalization and privatization, is predicted to have a crucial effect on the US economy.

Evaluation, Economic policy, Marketing, Latin America, Social problems

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