Apple's "death pollution" of repeating Foxconn

Contamination of Foxconn door again, the increase in pollution caused by, Foxconn until the new system is installed, shut down some equipment, re-activation. The following is the full report: In China, it comes to environmental pollution, can be known in some places than Taiyuan. In the heart of the coal industry, the provincial capital of Shanxi Province in China, it has been well received by the victim of a long smoke.
When doing so, the biggest sales of industrial electronic products in the world - Foxconn Technology Group (Foxconn Technology Group) began six years ago, the factory, the activist lobby in the hope that it will lead to new population clean industry and jobs to some of the production line in Taiyuan Taiyuan Road. But now, with regret for the Foxconn factory in local some local residents.
: Many times in 2009 since it was caused by complaints of air pollution the plant, environmental groups of five in China, on Wednesday, the report was released the next quarter of the population west of the factory of Foxconn ordinary Oasis .
"Now, pollution is already very serious," Yang said with a household name. "We, chest, thirst, dizziness and nausea feel squeezed."
Over the years, through the stimulation of the finance, policy makers in China, as the position of the entire value chain, hoping to increase its manufacturing in China to support the electronic industry. However, environmental protection, electronics manufacturers say the deterioration of environmental pollution. Also a report released Wednesday, Apple in China (Apple) supply chain is to blame for pollution represents a whole, this report is the latest in environmental protection simply condemned.
Since the key supplier of Apple. Foxconn natural target of criticism for the main column, the company assembled for the Apple iPhone and iPad, also produces some of the major components. In Taiyuan, the cut portion of the steam produced sour gas and oil paint local residents intolerable.
"It also confirmed the absence of evidence to support the residents of Taiyuan to the plant near the factory air pollution monitoring results in arguments and local governments," British "Financial Times" said in a Foxconn.
"However, local officials, the evaluation will need to upgrade the quality of the air system of units, we are all plants that have installed the new air quality control system, new system We are starting the current air quality, ensure the operation is concluded that much higher than the standard basis, "said Foxconn.
Foxconn is a portion of the closed system until you install new equipment, and revitalization. However, most of the most serious pollution, and are not so obvious.
"Electronic pollution caused by industry rather than the kind of common pollutants - thick black smoke, towering smokestack emissions and dirty," Construction Project Environmental Protection in China - Zhang Yu said the American Association. "That can exert a serious risk to human health, emissions of these pollutants in the traditional sense is not," added Zhang Jian Yu.
Electronic components, such as lead and cadmium that can damage the nervous system contains many harmful elements.Hazardous dust and cyanide, can be etched to release arsenic and other chemicals, abrasives, coatings.
In May, this year one of the most dramatic episode of the iPad Foxconn factory fire and the congregation were killed three workers.Foxconn is said to explosive concentrations of combustible dust in the air too much.
Suppliers, producers, because the further outsourcing of the most contaminated parts, electronics behind the long and complex supply chains, worsening pollution.
International Association of Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) of Ge Xiaolu advisory body for the environmental manager ", so would have been outsourced to solve the pollution problem in most of your production process, international companies In addition to being business partners, if the pressure of environmental compliance "(Laura Ediger is) said.
Oshika of Ge, the printed circuit board (PCB), a battery, said that among the most contaminated parts of the semiconductor and LCD production.
Another major issue is to handle the waste in the production process is a way to destroy. SGS Group inspection and environmental services manager, Ken Snow (Snow James) tests, "some manufacturers are not aware of waste," he said.
Report released Wednesday, the example of Shenzhen, citing a large waste treatment stations, treatment plants showed emission levels several times higher than the legal limit local governments. Service stations are processed at the time of Foxconn, and Hitachi (Hitachi), Samsung, Siemens (company Siemens), Sanyo (Sanyo), IBM, Philips (Philips) and Toshiba (Toshiba), and the company's Web site According to information, international brands such plants.
Foxconn is said to investigate it. "When you find an illegal factory, environmental standards and to reach its production activities, we will switch suppliers," said Foxconn.
At the beginning of this year, Foxconn, Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) due to the concentration of phosphate in wastewater discharge permit limits beyond the standard Corp., 40,000 yuan (about $ 6,271) fines subsidiaries.
Foxconn is the case confirmed the penalties associated with violations, said the accident was caused by the separation of human error.