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Global environmental responsibility is not the objective of Samsung and most companies. Just think, another device that emits not only electromagnetic radiation linked to brain and testicular tumors but now we can have a compound of chemicals to synergize with the effect of electromagnetic radiation and induce tumors with far more efficacy. I had one friend working in a fuel injection repair business who wore a cell phone on his hip for ten years of his working life. He died from testicular tumors. From the time of diagnosis to death was less than six weeks.

The winners I see in this equation are: the manufacturing, medical, and pharmaceutical industries. And this is at the cost to taxpayers, governments, and the health and safety of the public.

How will companies sustain their market? Easily, they will "evergreen" their patent with 'new' complex chemical compounds called "fragrance" so everyone will continue to think it couldn't possibly be my phone that caused my disease. And it will all be protected by "Trade Secrets" so only specialist doctors can access the data on the health and safety of such products.

If Ancient Egypt was eradicated due to lead-lined aqueducts then maybe this generation of greed and human rights abuse can be eradicated from the face of the planet.

Samsungs reputation for reliability is less than perfect so adding solvents to the mix only makes their products more vulnerable for the customers who buy their products. What happens when you wear a solvent enriched phone that develops a fault and ignites? You get a hot phone stinking of burnt plastic that doesn’t work and third degree burns. Notice how the last result is your health.

As the advertising hook on the public is "You deserve this product" then you are just as gullible as the person feeding a one armed bandit at a casino. Wake up world, you’re addicted to solvents that produce your addictive narcotic state of mind and that makes you vulnerable to further tactics of the media to seduce you into consumerism.

According to various departments of epidemiology, between 16-25% of the civilized world report being adversely affected by chemical exposure. Between 0.9-6.3% are diagnosed with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.
http://au.geocities.com/jonno6766/mcs.pdf
Due to "trade secrets" the ingredients of most fragrances are likely to be petroleum aka gasoline based, Chanel #5 is unlikely to be an exception and to some, most 'fragrance' or 'scents' smell like gasoline. Synthetic musk is also getting a bad rap in medical literature.

For the 16% of the US population estimated affected by adverse reactions to common everyday chemicals, this will be disturbing. For the 4% (Meggs, 1996) of the diagnosed population who suffer multi-organ symptoms of a condition called Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) they will be further limited to their freedom to 'clean pure air. With the smell of lavender, although aromatherapy declares that it reduces headache, for MCS it has the oposite affect. The smell of rubber is obnoxious to those who can smell it and life-threatening to those affected by anaphalaxis to latex. To increase the range and volume of volatile organic compounds in both manufacturing and off-gassing is just another form of environmental pollution that is already impairing the natural environment and health of every living species on this planet. There is little research done on synergistic effects of chemical compounds so this contributes to the demise of human health and civilisation. Ask yourselves some questions:

- Is there a corelation between the amount of chemicals developed/used since the first world war and diseases

- If lead-lined aquaducts can wipe out an entire population, is it possible that we have not applied historic lessons to our current civilisation?

- If history never repeats why is the globe warming and dimming while the chemical industries continue to pedel a larger range of chemical compounds at a higher volume; is this to make regulation of the cause of disease logistically impossible to monitor and halt?

- Who controls national governments, is it the people like us punting on government leaders or industry leaders manipulating policy and cash-flow?

- Why is there about 4,000 chemicals found in cigarettees with many of them carcinogens, are not those same carcinogens found in many other products we use each and every day?

If you experience headache or nausea or rhynitis or concentration or memory impairment or mood swings when exposed to fragrance or pesticide or cleaning or other chemical/s then these are some examples of chemical sensitivity. Go see a physician that understands the condition of MCS. Don't expect a magic bullet, avoidance of chemicals is the only reported treatment with reliable success. See www.mcsrr.org for more detail.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I'm in the market for a new phone and money isn't a limitation. I'm also not partial to any particular US carrier, but here are some of the features I'd like to have: WiFi, GPS, good coverage in lots of places, push Gmail (a must!), physical keyboard (a must!), a touchscreen, decent battery life and a relatively slim body. And please, nothing that has a fruit logo on it. No offense to the fruit fans, though. Thanks!"

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