Computers Breeding Harmful Fungus - The BBC has a story on several kinds of fungus proliferating among the dust inside computers.
Hospitals are worried about the computers they use, especially in intensive care units.
Now you can worry about Aspergillus fumigatus, too. They've made a deal with Envirocycle to do the recycling and UPS for discount shipping. The old computers are assessed and either refurbished and donated, or stripped for usable parts, recyclable content, and the remnants sent to disposal. Envirocycle has found a way to recycle the highly leaded glass in CRTs and removes much of the toxic lead content in the electronics. Copyright 2000 Rajiv Shah .