Introduction

1. SVTC was formed in 1982 following the discovery of groundwater contamination at high-tech manufacturing sites in San Jose, CA

 http://www.svtc.org/history.htm
 http://www.svtc.org/mission.htm

Why focus on High-Tech Development

2  Why we should focus on computers - http://www.igc.org/svtc/news/hiprice.htm

3.  IT is the fastest growing industry in history --  http://www.svtc.org/slides.htm

4.  High-cost of high-tech --

http://www.svtc.org/hightech.htm
 http://www.corpwatch.org/trac/feature/hitech/index.html
 http://www.svtc.org/dark.htm

5.  Computers are made of various components which are manufactured using many toxic compounds --

http://www.svtc.org/hightech.htm

7.  The Materials inventory for a single semiconductor site is huge and very toxic--   http://www.igc.org/svtc/liquid.htm
 http://www.igc.org/svtc/inventory.htm

8. There are many carcinogens used in semiconductor manufacturing -

http://www.svtc.org/natsem/chem1.jpg
http://www.svtc.org/natsem/chem2.jpg

9.  There are also many reproductive hazards used in semiconductor manufacturing

http://www.svtc.org/natsem/natsem1.htm#repro

The impacts of change and innovation

10.  High-tech manufacturing is very innovative and the materials change frequently, but it can take a long time to phase out significant hazards:

* Toxic timeline to phase out glycol ethers -  http://www.igc.org/svtc/getime.htm

* Activists held a major rally in San Jose to promote  CFC phase out at IBM--  http://www.svtc.org/natsem/ibmad.jpg

http://www.svtc.org/health.htm

12. The legacy of high-tech pollution is documented in interactive maps on the SVTC web site--

http://www.mapcruzin.com/svtc_ecomaps/

 The maps document environmental injustices by comparing pollution with census data
  http://www.mapcruzin.com/svtc_maps/demographics/childpov.htm

http://www.svtc.org/execsum.htm
http://www.igc.org/svtc/news/study.htm

14. Global expansion of high-tech production is documented on global maps on the web

http://www.svtc.org/inttable.htm
http://www.svtc.org/global/index.htm

16.  The high cost of accidents at fabs has been documented

http://www.igc.org/svtc/news/taiwan.htm

 http://www.igc.org/svtc/letters/letter16.htm

What can be done?

19.  What can be done about these problems? http://www.svtc.org/natsem/natsem1.htm#solution

20.  Closed loop processes are being developed http://www.svtc.org/loop.htm

21. Share holder resolutions on International standards -- http://www.igc.org/svtc/natsem/shresol.htm
 

The Impacts of Globalization and the WTO

22.  I-CRT has organized a campaigns to support the WEEE directive

® Letters to EC in support of WEEE --   http://www.igc.org/svtc/cleancc/weeeletr.htm

http://www.svtc.org/cleancc/euletter2.htm

® E-Waste Background Paper on the WEEE Directive -- http://www.svtc.org/cleancc/eccc.htm

® Strategies to Promote Clean Production -- http://www.svtc.org/cleancc/strat.htm

23.  The Precautionary principle is key but is under attack at the WTO

http://www.igc.org/svtc/cleancc/weeeletr.htm
http://www.igc.org/svtc/letters/letter6.htm

25.  I-CRT has been formed to bring accountability to global high-tech production --

http://www.svtc.org/crt.htm
http://www.svtc.org/icrt.htm

 http://www.svtc.org/listserv.htm
 http://www.igc.org/svtc/listarch.htm  -- (CRT list serve archive)