Owner's Manual
TCO'95
Environmental
Requirements
Brominated
flame
retardants
are
present
in
printed
circuit
boards,
cabling,
casings,
and
housings,
and
are
added
to
delay
the
spread
of
fire.
Up
to
30%
of
the
plastic
in
a
computer
casing
can
consist
of
flame-retardant
substances.
These
are
related
to
another
group
of
environmental
toxins,
PCBs,
and
are
suspected
of
giving
rise
to
similar
harm,
including
reproductive
damage
in
fish-eating
birds
and
mammals.
Flame
retardants
have
been
found
in
human
blood,
and
researchers
fear
that
they
can
disturb
fetus
development.
Bio-accumulative1
TCO'95
demands
require
that
plastic
components
weighing
more
than
25
grams
must
not
contain
flame
retardants
with
organically
bound
chlorine
or
bromine.
Lead
can
be
found
in
picture
tubes,
display
screens,
solder,
and
capacitors.
Lead
damages
the
nervous
system
and
in
higher
doses
causes
lead
poisoning.
The
relevant
bio-accumulative
TCO'95
requirement
permits
the
inclusion
of
lead,
as
no
replacement
has
yet
been
developed.
Cadmium
is
present
in
rechargeable
batteries
and
in
the
color-generating
layers
of
certain
computer
displays.
Cadmium
damages
the
nervous
system
and
is
toxic
in
high
doses.
The
relevant
bio-accumulative
TCO'95
requirement
states
that
batteries
may
not
contain
more
than
25
ppm
(parts
per
million)
of
cadmium.
The
color-generating
layers
of
display
screens
must
not
contain
any
cadmium.
Mercury
is
sometimes
found
in
batteries,
relays
and
switches.
Mercury
damages
the
nervous
system
and
is
toxic
in
high
doses.
The
relevant
bio-
accumulative
TCO'95
requirement
states
that
batteries
may
not
contain
more
than
25
ppm
of
mercury
and
that
no
mercury
is
present
in
any
of
the
electrical
or
electronic
components
concerned
with
the
display
unit.
CFCs
(freons)
are
sometimes
used
for
washing
printed
circuit
boards
and
in
the
manufacture
of
expanded
foam
for
packaging.
CFCs
break
down
ozone
and
thereby
damage
the
ozone
layer
in
the
atmosphere,
causing
increased
reception
on
Earth of
ultra-violet
light
with
consequent
increased
risks
of
skin
cancer
(malignant
melanoma).
The
relevant
TCO'95
requirement:
Neither
CFCs
nor
HCFCs
may
be
used
during
the
manufacture
of
the
product
or
its
packaging.
v
1
Bio-accumulative
means
that
the
substance
accumulates
within
living
organisms.