Environmental Effects
See also: Electronic wasteThe production of LCD screens uses nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) as an etching fluid during the production of the thin-film components. NF3 is a potent greenhouse gas, and its relatively long half-life may make it a potentially harmful contributor to global warming. A report in Geophysical Research Letters suggested that its effects were theoretically much greater than better-known sources of greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide. As NF3 was not in widespread use at the time, it was not made part of the Kyoto Protocols and has been deemed "the missing greenhouse gas".
Critics of the report point out that it assumes that all of the NF3 produced would be released to the atmosphere. In reality, the vast majority of NF3 is broken down during the cleaning processes; two earlier studies found that only 2 to 3% of the gas escapes destruction after its use. Furthermore, the report failed to compare NF3's effects with what it replaced, perfluorocarbon, another powerful greenhouse gas, of which anywhere from 30 to 70% escapes to the atmosphere in typical use.
Read more about this topic: LCD Television
Other articles related to "environmental effects, effect, environmental, effects":
... It has also caused fragmentation and increased edge effect, along with releasing pesticides and chemicals into the water and land ...
... The United States Department of Defense manages environmental safety independent of OSHA and EPA ... Individuals with information about environmental crimes and individuals with environmental injuries involving the military should become familiar ... to understand the legal requirements involving environmental safety ...
... guidance was restricted to a publication called Strategic Environmental Assessment of Bills and Other Proposals Examples and Experience issued in 1995 by the Ministry for the ... that have been considered Identifying the relevant environmental effects Describing the extent of the likely environmental effects Identifying mitigation measures and ...
... that the shared (or between-family) environmental effects on g are strong in childhood, but decline thereafter and are negligible in adulthood ... This indicates that the environmental effects that are important to the development of g are unique and not shared between members of the same family ... correlation is a statistic that indicates the extent to which the same genetic effects influence two different traits ...
... represents not only a waste of agricultural chemicals, but also an environmental threat to downstream ecosystems ...
Famous quotes containing the word effects:
“Trade and commerce, if they were not made of India-rubber, would never manage to bounce over the obstacles which legislators are continually putting in their way; and, if one were to judge these men wholly by the effects of their actions and not partly by their intentions, they would deserve to be classed and punished with those mischievous persons who put obstructions on the railroads.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)