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Eco-Gifts Give All Year Long, UF Professor Says

GAINESVILLE—Advice guru Abigail Van Buren liked Marie Hammer’s holiday counsel so much, she passed it on to her readers in a recent Dear Abby column.

Filed under Research, Environment on Monday, December 21, 1998.

TVs, Computer Monitors Contain High Lead Levels, Study Finds

GAINESVILLE — A University of Florida study has determined cathode ray tubes inside television sets and computer monitors contain enough lead to be considered hazardous waste, a finding that may spur officials in Florida and elsewhere to forbid or restrict the current practice of dumping televisions and monitors in landfills.

Filed under Research, Technology, Engineering, Environment, Family, Florida on Thursday, December 3, 1998.