Samsung 243T .

User’s Manual

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TCO Development Unit 1996-11-29

On the page this folder you will find a brief summary of the environmental requirements met by this product.

The complere environmental criteria document may be ordered from:

TCO Development Unit

S-11494 Stockholm

Sweden

Fax: +46 8 782 92 07

E-mail (Internet): development@tco.se

Current information regarding TCO'95-approved and lab elled products may also be obtained via the Internet ,

using the address:

http://www.tco-info.com/

TCO'95 is a co-operative project between(3 logos)

Brominated flame retardants are present in printed circu it boards, cables, wires, casings and housings. In

turn, they delay the spread of fire. Up to thirty percent o f the plastic in a computer casing can consist of flame

retardant substances. These are related to another group of env ironmental toxins, PCBs, which are

suspected to give rise to similar harm, including reproductive damage in fish eating birds and mammals, due

to the bioaccumulative processes. Flame retardants ha ve been found in human blood and researchers fear

that disturbances in foetus development may occur. TCO'95 demand requires that plastic components

weighing more than 25 grams must not contain organically bound chlorine and bromine.

Lead can be found in picture tubes, display screens, sol ders and capacitors. Lead damages the nervous

system and in higher doses, causes lead poisoning. TCO'95 requirement Permits the inclusion of lead since

no replacement has yet been developed.

Cadmium is present in rechargeable batteries and in the colo ur generating layers of certain computer

displays. Cadmium damages the nervous system and is t oxic in high doses. TCO'95 requirement states that

batteries may not contain more than 25 ppm (parts per million) of cadm ium. The colour-generating layers of

display screens must not contain any cadmium.

Mercury is sometimes found in batteries, relays and switches. M ercury damages the nervous system and is

toxic in high doses. TCO'95 requirement states that batteries ma y not contain more than 25 ppm (parts per

million) of mercury. It also demands that no mercury is prese nt in any of the electrical or electronics

components concerned with the display unit.

CFCs (freons) are sometimes used for washing printed circuit boards an d in the manufacturing of expanded

foam for packaging. CFCs break down ozone and thereby damag e the ozone layer in the stratosphere,

causing increased reception on Earth of ultravio let light with consequent increased risks of skin cancer

(malignant melanoma).

.The relevant TCO'95 requirement: Neither CFCs nor HCFCs may be used during the

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