Apple bans two hazardous agents from China iPhone production sites
Apple has banned harmful chemicals Benzene and n-Hexane from its 22 iPhone and iPad manufacturing sites after minor traces of the toxins were found in four facilities.
Benzene, which is a carcinogen, and n-hexane, a debilitating nerve damage agent, have been prohibited from use at the manufacturing plants, Apple has said.
The firm banned the substances, used for cleaning, following pressure from campaign groups that argued daily exposure to low levels of the chemicals could still inflict life-long harm upon workers – of which there are half a million across the 22 sites.
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Source: The Drum
