When she looked up brominated vegetable oil online, she didn't like what she found.

WSJ: Gatorade to remove controversial ingredient

For example, Apple led the industry in removing harmful toxins such as brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

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Greenpeace wants to see companies eliminate the use of hazardous substances such as polyvinyl chloride, brominated flame retardants, antimony, beryllium, and phthalates.

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Among those: eliminating polyvinyl chloride and brominated flame retardants from all its products by 2009, and removing mercury and arsenic from its products' displays.

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Both the iMac and Mac mini include PVC-free components and cables, contain no brominated flame retardants, and use highly recyclable materials and material-efficient packaging designs.

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The petition on Change.org noted that brominated vegetable oil has been patented as a flame retardant and is banned in Japan and the European Union.

WSJ: Gatorade to remove controversial ingredient

Eliminating halogen compound and brominated flame retardant from the PCBA, the new Spinpoint F4 is produced with eco-friendly materials and meets all the environmental regulations including RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances).

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First, electronic waste is currently hazardous waste in that it contains lead, mercury, cadmium, brominated flame retardants etc, which are integrally mixed into components and cannot therefore be easily separated from the non-hazardous components.

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Molly Carter, a spokeswoman for the company, said Friday that the removal of brominated vegetable oil was in the works over the past year after the company began "hearing rumblings" from consumers about the ingredient.

WSJ: Gatorade to remove controversial ingredient