Chemical company trade body calls out Greenpeace iPhone claims

Responding to last week's Greenpeace report on the eco-credentials of the iPhone, the Bromine Science and Evironmental Forum (BSEF) sided with Apple against the environmental organisation's claims.

The BSEF has stated that none of the chemicals used in the iPhone are banned under any environmental laws, and that the brominates in place are essential to protect against fire.

"The Greenpeace report does not say which brominated flame retardants are present in the iPhone because it does not know," the group said in a statement. "Therefore, the report speculates about what substances might be present, and raises an alarm without any basis for doing so."

We'd hardly expect a body representing chemical companies to hold its hands up and say that their products were causing a problem, yet it also states that Greenpeace has so far not offered any alternative materials to brominates.

Meantime, the Center for Environmental Health's lawsuit against Apple for the use of phtalates in the PVC on their headphone cables still stands.

(Via WIRED)

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