BANNOCKBURN, IL – Greenpeace regularly takes electronics companies to the woodshed for their environmental practices. Now IPC is turning the switch on Greenpeace.

The trade group issued a statement yesterday criticizing the “bad science” in the latest revision to “Guide to Greener Electronics.” The guide rates consumer electronics companies against Greenpeace criteria on hazardous substances, take back and recycling, and energy use and climate change.

“Greenpeace continues to mark down leading consumer electronics manufacturers for failing to lobby for an agenda based on faulty science. Several computer manufacturers received lower scores for not aggressively removing BFRs from their products,” says IPC.

"IPC … is extremely concerned about Greenpeace’s tactics in penalizing companies for ‘failing to openly support restrictions on ... BFRs…’ In fact, Greenpeace provides specific wording it would like to see companies use in calling for an expansion of the RoHS Directive to include the ban of BFRs.”

The association points out that the World Health Organization and European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks conducted separate, comprehensive scientific assessments of TBBPA and both found TBBPA to be safe for human health and the environment.

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