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Greenpeace finds hazardous chemicals in consoles
>> From gamespot.com:
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Not content with prying open just the iPhone in its hunt for toxic components, Greenpeace has dismantled the three big game consoles to see what unpleasant materials they contain. The resulting report, "Playing Dirty," is out today. The upshot: The PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii didn't break any laws, but--as gamers will discover--they do contain dubious and arguably unnecessary chemicals.
The research reveals that the three consoles contain a mixture of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), phthalates, beryllium, and bromine. Bromine and beryllium are a health issue for workers mainly during disposal and recycling, while phthalates have the unwelcome honour of being linked to sexual reproduction problems--especially in male mammals. Not something that gaming geezers will want to hear.
Xbox 360
* The only console which Greenpeace found DINP phthalates in--bad news. They were found in the AV cable.
* It had the highest concentration of any phthalates--27.5 percent of a type called DEHP in a power cable coating.
* It also contained more PVC than the Wii and PS3.
* On the plus side, the housing materials had lower levels of brominated materials.
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Full Story: gamespot.com
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