Healthy Toys Critisized the Wii of being toxic. It has extremely low levels of lead but high levels of Bromine. Bromine is used as a fire blocker.
It is apparently "Bad for the enviorment," thus it is deemened toxic. Article

Link please?

There you go.

Wow, just wow....

I've had the for just about two years now, and I'm not sick at all!

*cough*

THIS is stupid.

End of discusion.

They are like Greenwell or Greenwall or something, them enviorement freaks.

You forgot a medium rating of Chlorine and low lead rating.

Holy carp, the Nunchuck cord is .2401% Chlorine/PVC. That's not good. And that's a lot of Bromine...
Anyway:

Bromine

Quote:

...brominated flame retardants (BFRs)... they are released from these materials into the environmental over time... Some BFRs have been associated with thyroid problems, learning and memory impairment, decreased fertility, behavioral changes, and other health problems.

Chlorine

Quote:

...polyvinyl chloride (PVC)... of concern... during all phases of its life cycle. Flexible PVC contains chemicals called phthalates... associated with decreased fertility, pre-term deliveries, and damage to the liver, testes, thyroid, ovaries, kidneys, and blood... evidence that phthalates can pass from mothers to babies...

Lead

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...used as an additive in plastics... can cause brain damage... problems with the kidneys, blood, nerves, and the reproductive system... can also cause learning and behavioral problems.

This isn't something you can just brush off and pretend isn't there. Especially because of where they're being made: [Foxconn Precision Component (Beijing) Co., Ltd.] China.

bw! wrote:

THIS is stupid. End of discusion.

Thank's for proving my point, bw!.

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........Its still stupid.....

Well, i dont even play the wii anymore. So this is not my problem.

Haha, very funny.

And bw!, I'm sure it will still be stupid when your hospitalized from prolonged exposure to bromine, lead, etc., which doesn't necessarily mean the Wii.

Yes sage, im on my way to the hospital now.
I should have listened.


=P but seriously, i barely play video games that much anyways.

You won't have a problem with these chemicals at the levels found in your Wii. This is coming from a University Chemistry student, so you can trust me.

Wow, like I'm going to eat my Wii or controllers. You also have to think the Chinese are smarter than the Americans, but either they're poor or afraid to speak out againts there political party. If they had the money they wouldn't be using the chemicals they are currently using.

The Japanese are the people who program the system while the Chinese make it.

No i thought the japanese make everything with it