“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.
Makes me embarrassed to be an environmentalist.
Surely Apple is innovative enough to be able to not use toxic substances in the iPhone. If Nokia can do it, Apple can do it.
I wonder how many hazardous substances are flowing though the veins of the workers at Greenpeace?
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Aw, come’on, 2 grams of PVC !
Do you know how much PVC is still being used for sanitary “plumbing” in the construction business? Tons and tons of it !
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An analysis of a human would reveal the presence of many hazardous or toxic substances, from arsenic (naturally occurring and probably biologically necessary) to hormones (naturally occurring and biologically necessary). Not to mention all those microorganisms and feces.
From that one could argue what???
Still another silly Greenpeace campaign. Their success in campaigning against lead in solder and certain compounds in capacitors will kill thousands of times more people than they will “save”.
I wish someone had told me that BEFORE I ate my iPhone! No wonder I feel so sick. 😡 BTW, mac heads the chocolate Zune is WAY tastier than the iPhone. I hope Microsoft comes out with a blueberry or cinnamon.
Greenpeace doesn’t want us to know that they’re just jumping on one of the world’s best known companies, that has some of the world’s most popular products.
They also don’t want us to know that their own ship once ran aground on and damaged a coral reef that they were supposedly “protecting.”
They don’t want us to know that they’d rather their campaigns be alarmist than factual.
Greenpeacers are may be well-meaning, but lying to make a point is simply unacceptable.
I guess Greenpeace didn’t get the memo that the Green Messiah is on Apple’s Board of Directors…
…I think it’s call Schadenfreude. Yep, that’s what I’m feeling.
Does anyone take Greenpeace seriously? I didn’t think so…
I’m gonna buy a bunch of iPhones, rub peanut butter on them, and take them up to the Arctic and let baby seals lick the hell out of them. Ha ha ha – die freakin’ baby seals – die die die !!! Take that you stinkin’ Greenpeace scum!
How different are the iPhone materials compared to other cell phones?
Have they looked at other cell phones yet?
Greenpeace sounds really hazardous.
I’d love to hear the real truth from Daniel Eran! His last articles about GreenPeace conducting an iPod smear campaign against Apple was quite convincing.
PVC? I have an old couch that the salesman told me was made from “pvc leather” (whatever the hell that is). Am i gonna die soon? Will i be able to continue building my team of ‘lil rascals with my wife? HELP!!!