It's quite possible that the Iphone was manufactured by a non-traditional cell phone company like Flextronics. So therefore they were probably less familiar with what the rest of the industry was doing.
----- Original Message ---- From: Bob La Quey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Main Discussion List for KPLUG <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 10:03:40 AM Subject: Re: Greenpeace Report On iPhone Toxins May Prompt Lawsuit On 10/16/07, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joshua Penix wrote: > > It seems that Apple may have actually done itself a disservice by making > > such a strong initial statement about their products and the > > environment. Now, in addition to having to live up to their stated > > goals, they also have to live up to fantasy goals created by > > organizations who decide from the outside what Apple "could have done." > > Something else to keep in mind is that most of these companies wouldn't > be doing anything environmentally friendly if it weren't for the EU > regulations. So, they trumpet their "environmental friendliness" when > they are simply doing what the law requires and no more. > > Most of these businesses *must* comply with these kinds of regulations > (for example, lead-free solder) in order to sell in the EU. After that, > it's simply cheaper to have one line rather than two. > > -a It is also worthwhile to point out that the EU probably would not have passed those laws had it not been for decades of lobbying by outfits like Greenpeace. It is also worthwhile to point out that the US is lagging the EU in these areas as they are in many areas of social concern e.g. health care where essentially every nation in the EU has beeter statistics than the US. BobLQ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
