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Apple bans two chemicals from product assembly after protests

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<p>Apple is banning the use of two toxic chemicals from final assembly processes for its products, after watchdog groups demanded the company replace the substances with safer alternatives.</p><p>Earlier this year, Green America and China Labor Watch had called on Apple (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2361920/groups-ask-apple-to-end-toxic-chemical-use.html) to eliminate the use of benzene and n-hexane from its supply chain. Both substances are known to be poisonous, but are still in use at Chinese factories, including those that build Apple products, the groups claimed.</p><p>On Thursday, Apple said it investigated 22 of its final assembly facilities and found “no widespread use of benzene or n-hexane, and no evidence of worker health and safety being put at risk,” according to an online report (http://images.apple.com/environment/reports/docs/commitment_to_safe_working_conditions_082014.pdf). The investigation covered facilities that employ close to 500,000 workers.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2465340/apple-bans-two-chemicals-from-product-assembly-after-protests.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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