Because electronics manufacturing is set in sterile surroundings and requires the use of delicate components, it may be hard to imagine that is has global environmental consequences. But the industry's dependence on chlorofluorocarbons, or CFC's, is one reason that those consequences are very real. In 1987, a committee of over three hundred international scientists concluded that depletion of the ozone layer could be linked to the presence of chlorinated compounds. One of the replacements scientists found for these compounds is isopropyl alcohol. Once this was accepted as a solvent substitute, a new waste treatment strategy needed to be found.

Environmental Studies Collection

environmental technology, pollution, pollution prevention, waste, waste stream, waste stream management, waste treatment, semiconductors, microchips, chlorofluorocarbons, CFC's, ozone, ozone layer, dynamic equilibrium, ultraviolet radiation, isopropyl alcohol, The Semiconductor and Electronics Industry

Environmental Science, Introduction to Ecology, Preserving the Legacy 1: Industrial Processes and Waste Stream Management

Andersen, John (Performer), Protection Agency, (Performer), Hollien, Dana (Performer), Wales, Curtis (Performer), INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications (Firm)

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Name	INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications
Role	Distributor
Telephone	800-576-2988 x122
Address	150 E. Colorado Blvd. Ste. 300, Pasadena, CA 91105
Email	[email protected]

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