Toxicant Materials and Alternatives in Electronics/ Electrics 2018-2028

Toxicant Materials and Alternatives in Electronics/ Electrics 2018-2028
This webinar, by IDTechEx Chairman Dr Peter Harrop, concerns poisons and materials that can become poisons entering electronics and electrical engineering in coming years.
 
Some new particles can pass through the human body causing pathologies but we assess more risk in chemically reactive poisons. Lead and arsenic-based materials are being widely reintroduced in applications that could rise to huge volumes and uncontrolled disposal including windows that generate electricity and new devices in cars. Cadmium-based materials are returning in new forms, from TV to solar. There are usually no safe levels and many accumulate. As volumes rise, we advise more funding should be directed towards safer organic and inorganic alternatives we identify that are coming along. We recommend one widely deployed device associated with cyanide and one with lead be banned. Lead may be killing one million a year already.
 
This webinar covers content from the IDTechEx report Toxicant Materials and Alternatives in Electronics/ Electrics 2018-2028.

Presenter

Dr Peter Harrop
Dr Peter Harrop
Chairman
IDTechEx