Environmental Requirements - HP D5063H - Pavilion F50 - 15" LCD Monitor User Manual

HP 15" LCD Color Monitor User's Guide
environmental policy which must be adhered to in each country where the
company implements its operational policy.
The energy requirements include a demand that the computer and/or
display, after a certain period of inactivity, shall reduce its power
consumption to a lower level in one or more stages. The length of time to
reactivate the computer shall be reasonable for the user.
Labeled products must meet strict environmental demands, for example, in
respect of the reduction of electric and magnetic fields, physical and visual
ergonomics and good usability.
Below you will find a brief summary of the environmental requirements met
by this product. The complete environmental criteria document may be
ordered from:
TCO Development
SE-114 94 Stockholm, Sweden
Fax: +46 8 782 92 07
Email (Internet): development@tco.se
Current information regarding TCO'99 approved and labeled products may
also be obtained via the Internet, using the address: http://www.tco-
info.com/

Environmental requirements

Flame retardants
Flame retardants are present in printed circuit boards, cables, wires, casings
and housings. Their purpose is to prevent, or at least to delay the spread of
fire. Up to 30% of the plastic in a computer casing can consist of flame
retardant substances. Most flame retardants contain bromine or chloride,
and those flame retardants are chemically related to another group of
environmental toxins, PCBs. Both the flame retardants containing bromine
or chloride and the PCBs are suspected of giving rise to severe health
effects, including reproductive damage in fish-eating birds and mammals,
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due to the bio-accumulative processes. Flame retardants have been found
in human blood and researchers fear that disturbances in foetus
development may occur.
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Bio-accumulative is defined as substances which accumulate within living
organisms
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