iPhone’s Toxicity Exposed by a Greenpeace Report
It is the most popular wireless device in the market, and it has made its manufacturer a lot of money. I am referring, off course, to the iPhone. It’s like a status symbol to some, and has a sex appeal that some in Hollywood would envy. But very little is known about the greeness or environmental-friendliness of its components. That is until the latest report by Greenpeace.
The report, relying on a chemical analysis of 18 of the iPhones internal and external components at an independent chemical laboratory in the UK, found:
- low concentrations of chromium in some of the tested materials
- that half of the materials tested showed significant levels of bromine, and antimony (known to be toxic)
- a high level of chlorine and phthalate esters in one material (this indicates the presence of hazardous PVC)
It was not all bad news for the iPhone, however, because the study also found that :
- no cadmium or mercury were detected
- the concentrations of lead and chromium were relatively low
- the most toxic form of chromium, chromium VI, was not found in the materials that were tested
The findings of the Greenpeace study ranks Apple’s iPhone well below products from Nokia, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson in eco-friendliness. The iPhone debuts for sale in Europe next month, but I don’t see its sales being affected by this study. The Greenpeace report is available for download (pdf), and you may view a related YouTube video from Greenpeace below.
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