Apple sued for chemicals in iPhone
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Oct 15, 2007 at 4:58pm
The environmental group Greenpeace says that it has tested Apple’s iPhone for a variety of hazardous chemicals—and the iPhone failed. Now another environmental group, California’s Center for Environmental Health, has pledged to take legal action against Apple for violating California’s Proposition 65, which requires companies to attach a warning label to products that may cause reproductive harm, reports Salon.
Greenpeace says its tests revealed that the iPhone contains toxic brominated compounds (indicating the presence of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and hazardous PVC. The The Center for Environmental Health says it “is working to eliminate the threat that industrial chemicals pose to children, families, and communities.”
Proposition 65 is a California law that has been in effect since 1986 to promote clean drinking water and keep toxic substances that cause cancer and birth defects out of consumer products. The law requires that anyone at reasonable risk of exposure be informed when substances classified as toxins are present.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
random8r Says:
That’s just absurd. There are toxins and there are toxins. Noxious and Toxic chemicals in consumer electronics products are not going to harm you if you use them. They’re toxic for the environment, not toxic for humans.
Far out people can be thoughtless.
Posted on October 15, 2007