Time to look for a detox program for your console...accoridng to Greenpeace. :P

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#1 Skylock00
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Seriously, this sort of talk from them is getting annoying, as this is at least the third time we've seen these folks try to pull some sort of commentary about the 'toxicity' levels of the various home consoles.

Now, I could go on a rant about Greenpeace themselves, but this isn't really the place for it, but I was curious about what you guys felt about it, either in terms of concern about this sort of issue...or heck, even lack of concern about the topic.

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#2 LoG-Sacrament
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i did like the gist of nintendo's response "we'll get on it..." :P in all honesty, how green a console is has no effect on whether or not i purchase it.
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#3 allnamestaken
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I don't see how you can fault Greenpeace for being concerned about this. Their goals seem genuinely noble and if there really is a dangerous amount of toxic chemicals inside present generation consoles then I think the organization along with the general public should be concerned. Also, the onus for the removal or future use of the toxic chemicals should be placed on the manufacturing companies.
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Talk about not seeing the forest for the trees. Typical Greenpeace MO, though.
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#5 MAILER_DAEMON
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Hmm... is this the sort of reason that you have to do something special to dispose of a computer? I don't see how this would be a problem for the consoles unless if I decided to destroy one though... so I guess I don't really care. :o
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#6 Skylock00
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I don't see how you can fault Greenpeace for being concerned about this. Their goals seem genuinely noble and if there really is a dangerous amount of toxic chemicals inside present generation consoles then I think the organization along with the general public should be concerned. Also, the onus for the removal or future use of the toxic chemicals should be placed on the manufacturing companies.allnamestaken
The problem is that it's Greenpeace, an organization that is more politically charged and anti-capitalism than environmentally charged.

Furthermore, they frequently don't really show much strong basis for their case from what I've read, merely citing the fact that the company doesn't reply on a topic as an admission that they have either toxins, or they aren't doing anything about it.

And lastly, these matters are further mitigated by the fact that, from my knowledge, land fills are generally designed to be much safer than people are lead to believe.

It's something that tries to tarnish the game industry's image in a way that seems excessive. Greenpeace is one of many organizations where I really can't trust what their motives are for most of what they do in terms of public demonstrations/callouts like this.
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#7 DoomZaW
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So THATS what makes videogames so cool, we are breathing pure chemical fumes all day long :lol: