you’re able to buy your somewhat new iPhone 6 with somewhat of a clear conscience this dusk . Apple declare today that they ’re eliminating two know toxin — benzol and n - hexane — from the production of iPhone and iPads .
Activists groups have been pressuring Apple to remove the toxin for month , set in motion a petitionthat claims that over 1.5 million worker in China are exposed to the chemicals , which can cause leukaemia , nerve damage , liver and kidney failure . In an main probe Apple said that they found no grounds the chemicals have harmed doer , even though there have been study that workers have been sickened and at leastone doer has die from pic to n - hexane .
There ’s a small haul : Apple will still allow the chemical substance to be used at earlier points in the output physical process ( benzine and n - hexane are used for the cleaning and polishing of things like electronic component and touch screens ) . However , Apple will expect examination of those environments to make certain the levels are lower than they are now .
“ This is doing everything we can think of to do to crack down on chemical substance exposures and to be responsive to worry , ” Lisa Jackson , Apple ’s frailty president of environmental initiatives , told the AP . “ We think it ’s really important that we show some leadership and really look toward the futurity by trying to use greener chemistries . ”
Hopefully these chemicals will join the inclination ofrecently phased - out toxinslike arsenic , lead , and phthalates which Apple has proudly eliminated from their factories across the board . And here ’s also to hoping that this move towards dependable manufacture is paving the agency for Apple to make more of their product in the U.S. [ AP ]
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