[rescue] Old Monitors

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

Yes, the interior of the CRT is coated with lead oxide. Breaking a
tube will release this.

On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 2:29 AM, Peter Stokes <peter at ashlyn.co.uk> wrote:
> Sent from my iPad
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> On 14 Feb 2018, at 01:09, Mouse <mouse at Rodents-Montreal.ORG> wrote:
>
>>> People don't seem to understand (or don't care enough) that this is
>>> how things become "rare".
>>
>> As someone who's dropped big heavy CRTs during moves recently:  I know
>> exactly that's how the things become rare.  But, unfortunately (for me
>> as well everyone else here), service to the hobby far too often loses
>> to being able to fit everything into an affordable place.
>>
>> Seems to me there's a market - a small niche market, but still - for
>> new CRT monitors.  Anyone looking for a business plan?
>
> If I remember correctly there was also an environmental reason why folk moved
> away from manufacture of CRTs, possibly to do with heavy metals or some such
> reason?
>
> Peter
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