Lecture file:

•  Introduction to this week’s films

Required reading:

• Selva: Toxic shock
• Bullard: Can Americans trust the government to protect them?
• Slade: Electronic waste a ticking time bomb

Required videos:

• The digital dump: Exporting high-tech re-use and abuse to Africa
• Exporting harm: The high-tech trashing of Asia
• “Mountaintop removal” coal mining in the US Appalachian Mountains (youtube)
• Greenpeace: The Mexican electronics industry
• 60 Minutes: The Shipbreakers

• Week 8 essay assignment