LG Flatron FB775B User Manual page 26

Appendix
Environmental Labelling of Personal Computers
Brominated flame retardants are present in printed circuit boards,
Environmental cabling, casings, and housings, and are added to delay the spread of
fire. Up to 30% of the plastic in a computer casing can consist of
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flame-retardant substances. These are related to another group of
environmental toxins, PCBs, and are suspected of giving rise to similar
harm, including reproductive damage in fish-eating birds and
mammals. Flame retardants have been found in human blood, and
researchers fear that they can disturb fetus development.
Bio-accumulative 1 TCO'95 demands require that plastic components
weighing more than 25 grams must not contain flame retardants with
organically bound chlorine or bromine.
Lead can be found in picture tubes, display screens, solder, and
capacitors. Lead damages the nervous system and in higher doses
causes lead poisoning. The relevant bio-accumulative TCO'95
requirement permits the inclusion of lead, as no replacement has yet
been developed.
Cadmium is present in rechargeable batteries and in the color-
generating layers of certain computer displays. Cadmium damages
the nervous system and is toxic in high doses. The relevant bio-
accumulative TCO'95 requirement states that batteries may not
contain more than 25 ppm (parts per million) of cadmium. The color-
generating layers of display screens must not contain any cadmium.
Mercury is sometimes found in batteries, relays and switches.
Mercury damages the nervous system and is toxic in high doses. The
relevant bio-accumulative TCO'95 requirement states that batteries
may not contain more than 25 ppm of mercury and that no mercury is
present in any of the electrical or electronic components concerned
with the display unit.
CFCs (freons) are sometimes used for washing printed circuit boards
and in the manufacture of expanded foam for packaging. CFCs break
down ozone and thereby damage the ozone layer in the atmosphere,
causing increased reception on Earth of ultra-violet light with
consequent increased risks of skin cancer (malignant melanoma). The
relevant TCO'95 requirement: Neither CFCs nor HCFCs may be used
during the manufacture of the product or its packaging.
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Bio-accumulative means that the substance accumulates within living organisms.
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