Does anybody know how much mercury is being used inside the MBP and in what form and for what purposes? I know at least for the keyboard backlit.
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possibly to kill cute bunny rabbits.
I can't think of many places where you would want a metal that is at the very least liquid if not in vapour form at the temperatures that a computer operates at.
I would perhaps be more concerned with the lead that is probably used to solder the PCB connections. -
Apple has been criticised for it's use of Mercury in many products.
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apple use the mercury for the fluorocent tube lcd backlight.
i'm not sure if they use fluorocent tube for the keyboard backlight. IMO they use LED for thr keyboard. -
Although I'm not an expert, I do have doubts now that the MBP complies with the RoHS directive (Apple claims it does).
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SaferSephiroth The calamity from within
RoHS is a pain in the a$$.
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You will eat more mercury in fish then it will harm you from your macbook.
Mercury is naturally occurring on Earth -
who gives a shhit about mercury in a mac
you gonna crack it open and drink it? -
Manufacturing processes will need to be changed to comply with RoHS in addition to costs for R&D. -
I don't know why people are worrying about this matter. I have yet to hear anyone suffering from these "Harmful" substances in mac laptops. If there were such events, it would have already been on TV or articles. Apple isn't the only company with these substances in their products. Any other brands probably use them as well.
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In any case, I doubt the mercury in the MBP is anything to be too concerned about. Sure, it's bad, and it would be nice if they didn't use it. But rest assured that when the next MBP comes out, it will likely not have any mercury as it will then fall into the RoHS jurisdiction period. -
I think the OP was more worried about environmental hazards.
but what ****tard throws their laptop in the trash? It's also illegal to do that.
thats why dumps and such have special areas to handle laptop/computer and battery disposals. -
Whatever. Apples last twice as long as the typical Dell. What about all the materials and the waste needed to buy that second laptop as opposed to keeping one for 5-6 years?
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There's mercury in a laptop. Most of our houses have asbestos in them. Most of our wall paints have lead in them. Most of our TVs have lead and other harmful crap in them. I don't think the EPA would have allowed Apple to sell their laptops if there's enough mercury to kill them...I've heard of laptops catching fire, but not people dying from mercury poisoning from using a laptop.
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There's a bunch of environmentally harmful crap in a notebook, desktop, TV, microwave, remote control, etc. Some of the things found in those items: lead, mercury, cadmium and flame retardants for the plastic. And the main problem comes when we dispose of these things.
The main concern is disposing of all this stuff (or recycling) it in a responsible way. You can find local electronic recyclers at: Ecycling Central, Ecycling, and the National Recycling Coalition.
Many of the things we consider "disposable" are actually reusable. You can donate electronics to a number of charities and get a tax deduction for it too. Or you can trade or sell your stuff on Craigslist, here, eBay, or "Freecycle" it at Freecycle.org.
mercury in the MBP
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by snowstorm, Mar 22, 2007.