Thursday, February 7, 2008

iPhone is bad for health and environment


According to a Yahoo News report, a group of scientists working with Greenpeace International have performed a study, which concluded the presence of harmful materials in Apple's latest iPhone.

Titled "Missed call: the iPhone's Hazardous Chemicals", the findings of the report suggest that the device contains "toxic brominated compounds (indicating the presence of brominated flame retardants -- so-called BFRs) and hazardous PVC plastics." The chemicals are said to have a negative effect on sexual and reproductive health in mammals and are therefore banned from toys and other commonly used products in Europe.

"Two of the phthalate plasticisers found at high levels in the headphone cable are toxic to reproduction," said Dr. David Santillo, senior scientist at the Greenpeace Research Laboratories, adding that brominated compounds have also been found in half the samples, including the phone's antenna.

While environmentally perilous, non-degradable PVC plastics and BFRs have been confirmed in Apple's iPhone, cellular phones made by other electronics companies like Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson contain no such substances. There also appears to be no conflict of interests between Greenpeace International and Apple, since "thousands of consumers took part in Greenpeace's "Green My Apple" campaign" at the time when iPhone was first introduced to the market.





1 comentarii:

Ghepardoo said...

For more info look here: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/how-green-is-that-iphone140607