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Toxic Chemicals, Laptops, and Greenpeace Lies
Last month, Greenpeace published a Guide to Greener Electronics.The following criticism of that publication from this site pulls no punches. It is certainly consistent with my priors.
Stephen Russell, a materials consultant to the IT sector, explained that the complete disconnect between what Greenpeace reported in their Guide and what they actually found in their lab tests “proves three things:

1. •that the criteria used by Greenpeace to award HP pole position in last month's Guide to Greener Electronics clearly didn't account for what is actually happening on the ground today.

2. •that other manufacturers' computers really don't contain toxic chemicals in concentrations that are of concern.

3. •that Greenpeace has an inexhaustible level of funds to burn on a chemical campaign the basic chemical principles of which they sadly don't appear to understand.”

... Yes, Greenpeace lied to sensationalize a report it spent a lot of money on, but which didn't provide data the group wanted to hear. While the group’s earlier press releases and information was mostly just incompetent and sloppy, the latest ‘poison Apple’ campaign was simply a malicious attack based upon lies.

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Be sure to read the entire criticism (and some of the comments, which are also very informative).
Category: Economics, Environment Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 7:55am
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