"Green America: Apple Takes First Steps to Protect Workers from Toxins", 14 Aug 2014

Green America...is pleased with Apple’s...announcement that it is taking first steps to protect the workers who make their products from dangerous chemical exposures…Green America continues to urge Apple to go further to ensure the safety of all workers in its supply chain. Beyond benzene and n-hexane, there are thousands of chemicals used in the manufacturing of electronics…and many chemicals used by Apple suppliers remain undisclosed...Additionally, while Green America applauds Apple for investigating all its final assembly plants in China, the nonprofit is urging Apple to look deeper into its supply chain, to the second and third tier suppliers…Apple has 349 supplier facilities in China…Apple has investigated just 22 of these facilities (6.3%) which employ a third of the workers who work on Apple’s products…Green America will continue to call for Apple to identify and disclose all chemicals used in all supplier factories….