On 17 Jun 2006 00:04:15 GMT, Jim Yanik put finger
to keyboard and composed:

I believe the lead in CRT glass does not leach out.
It's probably the monitor electronics is where the lead is coming from.
Also,it's not just the faceplate the lead-glass is used,as the lead is
intended to attenuate X-rays which I believe scatter BACK from the target.

According to this article, the majority of the lead is in the funnel
and neck:

http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/...ing/index.html

The same article has this to say about the leaching of lead into the
water table:

"Akatiff says that even with tens of thousands of CRTs buried in his
landfill, about 80 percent of the monitoring wells surrounding the
facility show no evidence of lead. A few show trace amounts, he says,
levels that have also been also been detected in other California
landfills."

- Franc Zabkar
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