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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: October 18, 2007
Scientific American.com - October 18, 2007
Greenpeace commented this week about Apple's failure to make "early progress" with the iPhone toward the company's stated goals for ecofriendliness. As technology devices proliferate, it is increasingly important to monitor how they will impact the health of users as well as the environment after they are discarded. "While there is a great deal of discussion of the potentially hazardous components of electronics products, monitoring is rare in the ," says Valerie Thomas, an associate professor at Georgia Tech's School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. "As the Greenpeace report demonstrates, testing is not difficult or expensive." To read the complete article, go to Scientific America.
