[Jewelry making - Article 00209] - Re: [Orchid] Ozone Friendly Torches?

[Nan Lewis]

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>         Yet to date, your gold supplier will have no way to track
>     where their metal came from or how it was mined.   But this, unlike
>     the likely negligible impact of our combustion gasses, is something
>     we can, with some time and effort, change.  The jewelry industry
>     worldwide uses the majority of the gold mined.  If we, as an
>     industry, start to insist on buying metal that can be tracked back
>     to "green" production methods, we can get this to happen. 

    Peter - - I've read about this and I've seen some of the mines out
    west.  It IS very disturbing.   Does anyone know of any suppliers who
    sell "greenly" produced metals currently?  I'd love to support them
    with my purchases. Also, what if the big suppliers, like Stuller,
    Hoover & Strong, Rio, et al were to start lobbying for greener
    methods?  Do they have enough power in the industry to get change to
    happen? Or are there larger players who need to get on it? 

 - Nan

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