Apple’s iPhone not so Green After All
Considering that Apple has been a company that was expected to be among the leaders towards a greener way of living, its latest gadget, the iPhone, that has been receiving lots of raves for the past months seems to be the “Dooms Day” device. Greenpeace found that the said device contained a lot of hazardous chemicals, making it entirely unsafe for consumer use.
Greenpeace analyzed Apple’s iPhone in great detail at its Research Laboratories in the UK and found out the device contains hazardous chemicals which have been already eliminated by other phonemakers. Greenpeace watched Apple in particular because due to their successful Green my Apple campaign Steve Jobs, the boss of Apple, claimed in May: “Apple is ahead of, or will soon be ahead of, most of its competitors” on environmental issues.
However, the iPhone appears by no means as the spearhead of the promised “green” changes. It contains toxic brominated compounds and hazardous PVC. Toxic brominated compounds are usually the result of the use of brominated flame retardants (BFRs), which are added, quite obviously, to make things less flammable.
Read the whole article: Greenpeace Finds the iPhone Isn’t Eco-Friendly, Apple Gets Sued
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