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Greenpeace exposes toxic chemicals in consoles
greenpeace.org — Greenpeace analysis, published in the report “Playing Dirty”, detected the use of hazardous chemicals and materials such aspolyvinyl chloride (PVC), phthalates, beryllium and bromine indicative ofbrominated flame retardants (BFRs).
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- cliffski, on 05/20/2008, -2/+2surprising to hear Nintendo do so badly
- Topher06, on 05/20/2008, -2/+1Thank you Greenpeace, I thought my PS3 was made from the all natural carcasses and flesh of baby seals. But really, I don't intend to smoke my game console, perhaps NOT smoking something is a foreign concept to Greenpeace.
- Kicker01, on 05/21/2008, -1/+1It really is a shame. I was hoping to sniff a burning 360 while licking heat sinks and chewing on hard drive platters tonight.
In all honesty though, this should not come as a shock to people. Most electronic components have to use some kind of chemical to be manufactured.
- Kicker01, on 05/21/2008, -1/+1It really is a shame. I was hoping to sniff a burning 360 while licking heat sinks and chewing on hard drive platters tonight.
- kimondo, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1Fortunately most games consoles have a longer life than a lot of PCs and laptops (10 years for the PS2, with many still going strong) but it's really bad that manufacturers are lagging behind in removing toxics from them. Goes to show the only way you can achieve this, and to create a level playing field is a bit of decent legislation on removing dangerous chemicals from products.
- CaptainPlanet, on 05/28/2008, -0/+0It's also about the waste the consoles produce - they are one of the largest contributors to one of the fastest growing forms of waste: e-waste. This has a devastating impact on people in developing countries.
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