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TCO’95 applies to 9497-AG1



Mercury is sometimes found in batteries relays and switches. Mercury
damages the nervous system and is toxic in high doses.
TCO'95 requirement states that batteries may contain no more than 25 ppm
(parts per million) or mercury. It also demands that no mercury is present in
any of the electrical or electronics components concerned with the display.
Mercury is, for the time being, permitted in the back light system of flat panel
monitors, as there today is no commercially available alternative.
TCO aims on removing this exception when a mercury free alternative is
available.


TCO’99 applies to 9497-AW1
Congratulations!
You have just purchased a TCO'99 approved and labelled product! Your
choice has provided you with a product developed for professional use. Your
purchase has also contributed to reducing the burden on the environment and
also to the further development of environmentally adapted electronics
products.
Why do we have environmentally labeled computers?
In many countries, environmental labelling has become an established
method for encouraging the adaptation of goods and services to the
environment. The main problem, as far as computers and other electronics
equipment are concerned, is that environmentally harmful substances are
used both in the products and during their manufacture. Since it is not so far
possible to satisfactorily recycle the majority of electronics equipment, most of
these potentially damaging substances sooner or later enter nature.
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