Personal Computers Contain a Lot of Noxious Material, Including Cadmium

Multiple Choice

Personal computers contain a lot of noxious material, including cadmium, bromine, and lead. Recycling these PCs as they are currently made is expensive. Hewlett-Packard's CEO ordered the company's research and development department to create a more environmentally-friendly PC that can be broken into parts and easily recycled. When such a computer is developed, it will reflect changes in how _____ forces impact the environment.

A) demographic
B) political
C) technological
D) social and cultural
E) economic