Apple Bans 2 Toxic Chemicals Used in AAPL iPhone Assembly

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Apple (AAPL) has decided to remove two toxic chemicals that are used in iPhone assembly from its factories.

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The two toxic chemicals that Apple has banned from its assembly lines are benzene and n-hexane. The company performed an investigation to see if its factories used the chemicals.  22 factories were investigates and only four were found to use the chemicals. The level of benzene and n-hexane was below the company’s safety regulations, but it decided to ban their use anyway, reports MacWorld.

Apple investigated into the use of benzene and n-hexane in its factories following a call from Green America and China Labor Watch to remove them from use. The two toxic chemicals were used as cleaning agents at the company’s factories. The four factories mentioned above will officially stop using the two toxic chemicals starting on September 1, MacWorld notes.

“This is doing everything we can think of to do to crack down on chemical exposures and to be responsive to concerns,” Lisa Jackson, vice president of environmental initiatives at Apple, told the Associated Press. “We think it’s really important that we show some leadership and really look toward the future by trying to use greener chemistries.”

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