On Oct 2, 2008, at 8:13 AM, Dan wrote:
> > At 10:04 PM -0400 10/1/2008, Steve R wrote: >> <http://tinyurl.com/protoxic > >> >> ROTTEN SMELL RAISES APPLE TOXIN FEARS > > yum. benzene! > > This adds a whole new level to the 'ole phrase "pry it from my cold > dead hands". Note: a single anonymous person who submitted his MacBook for testing, and no test results in the original article, although you HAVE to love the Googlefishing of the first sentence: "Some models of Apple computers emit toxic fumes and the giant apple does pipe word. " I'd wait until we had a larger sample size before declaring all our macs a Superfund site...mail 'em to me...I'll take care of remediation! :-> I'm an ex lab rat, and I know very well what benzene smells like, and that 'new mac smell' isn't benzene, and none of the folks with new Macbooks or MacBook pros have mentioned any smell. In fact electronics manufacturers have largely moved beyond solvent- based cleaning to water-based cleaning methods during manufacture, because it eliminated the use of toxic chemicals like TCE, benzene and carbon tetrachloride. I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm saying wait for more evidence. It could be a bad batch of Macs, like the yellowing case plastics on some early MacBooks. What I'm more worried about are the reports of sweaty stinky MacBooks. I can't wait until the one my Mom bought (on my recommendation :-) starts smelling like old gym socks. "Sorry mom, it's not me...it's the computer..." OT: Could be worse. I had a friend who worked as a research chemist for General Foods way back in the day. He was working on flavorants for dog foods, and came up with a compound everyone called "Sweaty Chicken". I worked there briefly, years after he had left, and mentioned his name. No one remembered him. Then I mentioned 'Sweaty Chicken' "OH!!! Sweaty Chicken Guy! That lab smelled like that for years!" -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
