October 15, 2007
Greenpeace Slams iPhone
Apple's cell phone is full of hazardous chemicals, say environnmentalists - who dissected one to find out. PC World reports.
"Environmental organization Greenpeace is gunning for Apple once again, this time arguing that the iPhone is full of hazardous chemicals.
Greenpeace has disassembled an iPhone to find out what's inside, and claims to have uncovered two types of hazardous substances, some of which: "Have already been eliminated by other mobile phone makers," the organization said.
This analysis claims the iPhone contains toxic brominated compounds (indicating the presence of brominated flame retardants) and hazardous PVC.
An independent scientific laboratory tested 18 internal and external components of the iPhone and confirmed the presence of brominated compounds in half the samples".
Watch iPhone dissection on YouTube.
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