“Scientific tests, arranged by Greenpeace, reveal that Apple’s iPhone contains hazardous chemicals. The tests uncovered two types of hazardous substances, some of which have already been eliminated by other mobile phone makers,” Greenpeace writes on their Website.
“We watched closely when the iPhone was launched in June for any mention of the green features of the phone from Apple. There was none,” Greenpeace writes.
“So we bought a new iPhone in June and sent it our Research Laboratories in the UK. Analysis revealed that the iPhone contains toxic brominated compounds (indicating the prescence of brominated flame retardants (BFRs)) and hazardous PVC,” Greenpeace writes.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Greenpeace never misses a good PR bandwagon upon which to jump.
Just return it to Apple when you are done with it and they will dispose of it in an appropriate manner. Try to take a RAZr back to Motorola!
IS A JOKE
THEY ARE A DEBUNKED CON!!!!!!!!
PEPOLE SHOULD VIEW WHAT THEY SAY AS LIES
LIES I TELL YOU
I don’t believe a word these guys say. They are either nutcases or driven by fundraising–most likely, a weird combination of the two!
Maybe I shouldn’t have drank that after I blended it….
Also, Greenpeace, while you are spending money to save lives, could you go back and double check all those DDT test, re-submit them so we can see if banning it was worth all those lives lost to Malaria?
I know that would be helping the poor in Africa and Central America, rather than hurting a US corporation, but think of all the money you could make when you find out the truth….
Greenpeace = politics over the environment.
A recent posting on Greenpeace pointed out that Apple is using more aluminum these days. AND THAT IS BAD! they say. After all, aluminum requires high energy to create.
Of course they forget that you get to recycle aluminum vs letting it rust.
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Weird..
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Here we go again. Microsoft must have made another ‘contribution’.
Get a LIFE people deal with it.
I’ve been a supporter of greenpeace in the past, but sheesh! Just about EVERY electronic device has some form of toxic chemical in it.
Given Apple’s current high media profile, to single them out is just base a publicity ploy. I guess they got plenty of free press the last time they pointed the finger at Apple and figured to cash in again and weasel some more.
I’d guess from this that contributions to Greenpeace must be down! I prefer to give my green contributions to others: The Nature Conservancy, NRDC, Rails to Trails, ZPG, etc.
The AT&T;network is the pits too!
I for one am happy to have flame retardants in my iPhone. Go Apple!
I lick my Alu iMac for my daily ration of nutrients.
It also takes the gloss off the screen.
Hrm.. research laboratories setup to test consumer products to see if they are toxic.
Here’s a better idea. Research fuel replacements, viable substitutes for coal power and managing general waste. THEN you might get someone’s attention instead of playing politics.. *yawn*
New age hippies are still hippies, missing the big picture all over again..
Given the front-page praise devoted to Al Gore on Apple’s main page over this past weekend, the timing on this attack from Greenpeace seems rather strange.
Must be nice to have a political cause where you can always claim that, no matter how much a person/company is doing to help, they’re never quite doing enough.
Green Peace are not to be trusted anymore. They have become political lobbyists. Even their founders disowned them in disgust.
I encounter young Greenpeace-niks on my way to DC’s Union Station (metro) every few weeks. I try to do what I can for the environment, in my own small way, but I refuse to engage with them. They’re not worth my time.
Greeeeenfleece can bite my aapl stock.
Attach the messenger, what a great strategy. Learned that from Bill O’Riellly and Rush Limbaugh Iguess. Apple hasn’t even denied the report probably because it is true. Apple needs to step up to the plate and eliminate toxic chemicals. As much as I would like an iPhone, I won’t be buying an iPhone until they do and neither should you.
“Attach the messenger, what a great strategy. Learned that from Bill O’Riellly and Rush Limbaugh Iguess. Apple hasn’t even denied the report probably because it is true”
Yeah, Bill Mahrer, Al Franken, Keith Olbermann would never do this.
Oh, wait, they do. It is just nobody cares….
How is this possible? I mean, didn’t Al Gore just win the Nobel Peace Prize due to his work to save the environment last week? I’m simply stunned.
Of course, all Al really cares about are the paychecks he gets from Apple and from his FUD filled movies. He needs them to pay those enormous $2,500 a month energy bills he runs up at his house in Tennessee. That’s most definitely an “Inconvenient Truth” if there ever was one.
ok, while i can see greenpeace is just getting good PR by attacking the popular target….
“Also, Greenpeace, while you are spending money to save lives, could you go back and double check all those DDT test, re-submit them so we can see if banning it was worth all those lives lost to Malaria?”
how about they go with the very simple fact that rather than DDT, simply installing screens in windows cuts malaria to almost nothing. this has been shown in a couple of countries now. rather than supporting US companies selling a chemical they are outlawed from selling for very good reason, try the simple cheap method first. if it works, that is a win win situation.
“Green Peace are not to be trusted anymore. They have become political lobbyists. Even their founders disowned them in disgust.”
well said!
Aluminum smelters are located next to large hydro electric power facilities.
Greenpeace lied.
Secondly. The flame retardant in question is there to stop your pants from catching fire when the lithium battery heats up unexpectedly.
Thank Greenpeace when that flame retardant is eliminated and your balls catch on fire.
When the only home you have is a mud and grass hut, how do you install windows?
You install windows with a damn good anti-virus program, maybe two of them.
You do not have to eat an iPhone …
Greenpeece crack heads.