Is iPod Touch Toxic?

Posted by dennis on October 16th, 2007 at 08:50pm

A big argument is going on at the moment between Apple and wildlife defenders Greenpeace. The subject? Apple iPhone being toxic or not, reports our sister site iPhone World.

According to a Greenpeace report iPhone headphones cables appear to have 1.5% level of Phthalates (Wiki) — a toxic substance used in nail polish, caulk, adhesives, or other miscellaneous items that you’d normally not ingest.

But an Apple spokesperson said in response to this matter that “Like all Apple products worldwide, iPhone complies with RoHS [Restriction of Hazardous Substances], the world’s toughest restrictions on toxic substances in electronics. As we have said, Apple will voluntarily eliminate the use of PVC and BFRs by the end of 2008.”

At the same time it’s unknown whether the Apple iPod Touch, which should normally have the same headsets and internal components as the iPhone is suffering from the same problems, since not Greenpeace, nor no one else bothered to test it.

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