Randall Shimizu wrote: > Tracy R Reed wrote: > > > Randall Shimizu wrote: > > > http://www.crn.com/hardware/202403043 > > > > What a waste of bandwidth. EVERY cell phone is going to have that stuff > > in it. Pretty much every electronic product will. > > Sorry, but other cell phone companies have stopped using PVC for example
From the same article: Nokia is totally PVC free, Motorola and Sony Ericsson have already products on the market with BFR free components," Greenepace said. Initially, I had the same reaction as Tracy did. The above sentence and the following one are what gave me pause: The international environmental organization said that ddeessppiittee vvoowwss earlier this year by Apple CEO Steve Jobs ttoo mmaakkee AAppppllee pprroodduuccttss eennvviirroonnmmeennttaallllyy ssaaffee, tests it commissioned found unhealthy chemicals in the iPhone, including toxic brominated compounds indicating the prescence[sic] of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and hazardous vinyl (PVC) plastic. Emphasis my own. It is one thing to make hazardous materials when more envorinmentally friendly alternatives are available, it is quite another to do so right after saying that you won't. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
