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We've seen the success of an "anti-ewaste" campaign which never had a number or statistic or even a proper interpretation of Basel Convention Annex III or Annex IX... they had something better, photos of children and the word "toxic" to describe something vaguely electronic and complicated which we all had in our basements and could feel guilty about.
Success breeds imitation.
Now Big Oil is into the act. Take pictures of the kids, then make a demand for something you just so happen to already be doing (donating money to schools). You co-opt the protest zeitgeist, steer it to your lightning rod, protecting your house.
The big difference between these two campaigns?
Probably the kid got some money from Chevron. No kid ever got a dime from Basel Action Network. They take jobs away but don't even write a thank you note.
And as long as we are making stuff up, here is a "hypothesis". You know, that's an alternative to just stating something bogus as fact (like, 80% of the electronics exported are burned, or 80% of the e-waste collected is exported, or that Guiyu is "the most toxic place on earth", or that arsenic in Guiyu's river came from ewaste recycling rather than from the textile dyes, which are the source of arsenic in other rivers...).
Ahem, hypothesis, here goes...
"Jazz originated in New Orleans because poor families in close quarters encouraged music."
I've got a 15 year old on piano and an 11 year old on trumpet, right here, right now. Practicing.
