And they need it badly, too. A January 15, 2005 article in CIO Magazine described the average computer as a "toxic rat's nest of earth-unfriendly materials, from the chemicals used in its production to the soon-to-be obsolete parts that will lie in landfills from here to eternity." Fortunately, it also reports that some researchers and companies are doing something about the polluting ways of our hardware. That's where the green tea comes in.

This healthy beverage is helping to bring down the toxicity of computer hard drives. Scientists at Ventana Research, Pace Technologies and the University of Arizona are utilizing it in a slurry for cleaning up the read-write heads of drives. Currently, companies are polishing hard drives using toxic, non-biodegradable compounds that pose a danger to the environment and have to be disposed of through costly procedures.

Aside from imparting environmental benefits, the new eco-friendly formulation also trumps the existing solution when it comes to effectiveness, the scientists say. "One customer has been purchasing pilot plant quantities from us and has already polished some 10,000 read-write heads with this fluid," John Lombardi, president of Ventana Research and project lead scientist, tells CIO Magazine.

Now enough about computers. Here's what green tea purportedly does for our bodies.

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Cleaning With Green Tea
Christopher Lindquist
CIO Magazine, January 15, 2005
www.cio.com/archive/011505/et_development.html