Man, cell phones just can’t catch a break these days, can they?
New Scientist Tech reports that a study at University of California, Irvine, indicates that old cell phones dumped into landfills could be leaking zinc, copper, nickel and other pollutants into the groundwater supplies.
The only solution, the researchers point out, is total phone redesigns that eliminate the harmful chemicals.
Right, because we’ve had so much success with getting car manufacturers to try alternative fuels, cigarette makers to reduce nicotine and fast food joints to dump the transfats.
Face it, we’re doomed. Hopefully, the Dung beetles will have better luck in six million years.
