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What chemicals are in your baby shampoo? Was sweatshop labor used to make your t-shirt? What products are the best, and what products should you avoid? Increasingly, you want to know about the impacts of the products you buy. On your health. On the environment. On society. But unless you’ve got a Ph.D, it is almost impossible to find out the impacts of the products you buy. Until now… Impressions:72 | Almost all consumer electronics (mobile phones, computers, monitors, printers, etc.) contain toxic materials such as lead, mercury, arsenic and a broad variety of other materials that pose a threat to the environment and health. The challenge is to extend device usage to end-of-life, safely mine existing eWaste for materials, and design new devices with planned reclamation using reclaimed materials where possible. Impressions:129 | Many charities and non-profits are focused to help the people of developing nations while others strive to provide economic empowerment and help poor entrepreneurs establish sustainable businesses; but a Canadian shoe company is taking a different approach by sourcing and setting up its manufacturing operations in Africa instead. Impressions:106 |
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