WOW, YOU SURE KNOW HOW TO GET MY BLOOD BOILING ON A SNOWY INDIANA MORNING!!!!!!
I am absolutely SICK of the over use of the word "TOXIC". Conjures up horrible images of all of us being poisoned by typing responses on our laptops.
By whose definition is something "toxic"? Used to be that we depended on our governments to make that decision. In the US, we have had the "Toxic Substances Control Act" with a methodology to report the nature of "toxic" hazards - ingestion, breathing, skin contact, etc. Seemed pretty orderly - BUT IT DID NOT OUTLAW CHEMICALS AT A PACE SATISFACTORY TO "GREEN" ORGANIZATIONS.
By politicizing "TOXIC" political candidates, particularly in the European Union, began to be elected for their stance on "TOXIC". The result has been the RoHS regulations where if there is any chance of harm - eleminate the substance - our wonderful RoHS regulations banning lead - even if we now solder 40 C hottter and tear up untold rain forests to dig up more tin metal. A bit more sensible has been REACh - where supposedly there is to be a cost/benefit analysis before banning chemicals. The whole world is watching the EU unpile from the hundreds of thousands of applications they have received for subsance use under REACh.
Finally, I refer you to the the E-PEAT website trying to catagorize the "green-ness" of electronic equipment -
http://www.epeat.net/
There, you will see the grading system drawn up for the "required" properties of computers, monitors, and being extended to other electronic equipment. Then, the percentage completion of "optional" factors give an OEM a Bronze, Silver, or Gold rating. - Call it the Electronics Olympics since the winter games are coming this weekend. While I do not personally agree with all the factors - lead-free, halogen free, etc, I do agree with factors such as easy disassembly for recycle, % recylced material used, etc.
Now, Greenpeace seems upset with the pace of E-PEAT, and has taken to grading electronics on their own. Your posting is just their latest bow-shot. They had a booth at the January Consumer Electronics Show to publicize the the same thing.
This is not scientific - it is ENVIRONMENTAL DICTATORSHIP BY GREENPEACE AND WHATEVER THEIR AGENDA HAPPENS TO BE. No companies dare speak up - they would not be "GREEN".
How about some new slogans - techies?
Relaibale is GREEN - I don't need new electronics every 2 years
It is "TIN-RISK" solder - not Lead-Free.
"TIN-RISK" components give us tin whiskers.
"GREEN" is a halogen containing pigment!
Denny Fritz
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From: Pedro Tort <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [LF] Toxic-free computer
I doubt anyone can assure something is absolutely toxic-free, (remember the
osts to this forum long time ago about the dangerous Dihydrogen Monoxide?)
ut the Greenpeace gurus look to be sure enough to bless this Indian
Greenware”.
<http://www.evertiq.com/news/16170> http://www.evertiq.com/news/16170
Pedro Tort
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