Apple iPhone Toxicity Dangers

Published by Mr. LOL on November 10, 2007  Email This Post

Apple’s problems started with environmental protection advocate Greenpeace issuing a report (PDF) finding the iPhone not up to snuff with its standards of responsible technology.

The irony is that the iPhone showed no traces of cadmium or mercury, typical causes for violation. While the iPhone appears to have met EU and U.S. environmental standards, it did not meet those of Greenpeace. Greenpeace found trace amounts of lead and other carcinogenic compounds in the device.

Lead is a carcinogen and can cause brain damage. Despite a large amount of medical evidence, only one state, California, recognize lead based solders to be carcinogenic.

Caroline Cox is the research director with the California Center for Environmental Health.

Cox: What we really need is more systematic testing by the manufacturers and the suppliers and the retailers. So that people can really have assurance that when they buy something that the product won’t contain toxic chemicals.

Apple says it plans to eliminate PVC — polyvinyl chloride — from its products, including the headphone cables, by the end of next year. Cox says that’s not soon enough to meet California regulations and the Center will sue Apple if it doesn’t correct the problem.

Running Mac OS X Leopard on Windows PCs

Published by Mr. LOL on October 30, 2007  Email This Post

The OSx86 Scene forum is offering full instructions on how to install the newest Mac OS on Windows PCs.

The OSx86 Scene forum has released details of how Windows users can migrate to Apple’s new OS, without investing in new hardware — even though installing Leopard on an PC may be counter to Apple’s terms and conditions.

The forum is offering full instructions on how to install the system, including screenshots of the installation process.

Not all the features of Leopard function with the patch — Wi-Fi, support, for example, is inoperable. Historically, Apple’s likely next move will be to track down and act against those behind the hack.

Also this weekend a crew of hackers unleased Jailbreak Me, an online service iPod touch and iPhone users can navigate to in order to break into these devices in order to install applications on them.