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Greenpeace welcomes greener iPods, awaits greener Macs
Greenpeace has applauded Steve Jobs` announcement that Apple`s latest batch of revamped iPods - the iPod Touch, iPod Nano and iPod Classic - will now be free of both PVC and BFRs, along with an absence of mercury and the use of arsenic-free glass. `Greenpeace congratulates Apple for phasing out harmful chemicals like PVC and BFRs(1) in its new, much greener iPods. But we know that Jobs and his team can go even further, and truly take a lead in greening the electronics industry,` said Casey Harrell, Greenpeace International campaigner. `We hope that this is only a teaser of what is to come, and ... |
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CERN reiterates safety of LHC on eve of first beam
A report published in the peer reviewed Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics provides comprehensive evidence that safety fears about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are unfounded. The LHC is CERN’s new flagship research facility. As the world’s highest energy particle accelerator, it is poised to provide new insights into the mysteries of our universe.
“The LHC will enable us to study in detail what nature is doing all around us,” said CERN Director General Robert Aymar. “The LHC is safe, and any suggestion that it might present a risk is pure fiction.”
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