No More Arsenic in My LCD, Please
Posted by Laura Blackwell | Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:27 AM PT
Corning Display Technologies, a major manufacturer of LCD glass, announced plans to produce the first LCD glass free of antimony, arsenic, and barium. The company calls the new glass Eagle XG; the "XG" stands for "extra green." In the past, LCD glass has included barium in its glass expansion process and either antimony or its more famous toxic cousin, arsenic, to eliminate oxygen bubbles.
Jim Clappin, president of Corning Display Technologies, announced the eco-friendly glass to an audience of display industry professionals this week at DisplaySearch's US FPD conference in Coronado, California. "[Eagle XG] will be perceived as better by the panel makers," Clappin told
PC World after the announcement. "We've actually eliminated families of inclusions or imperfections in this process."
End-users and manufacturers alike will be pleased that this environmental soundness won't require a premium. Some new mother glass fabrication facilities will start with Eagle XG, and existing fabs using Corning's current Eagle glass will find it a trivial matter to switch, says Clappin. The first products using Eagle XG glass could hit the shelves by the end of 2006.
I guess this means I should stop chewing on my LCD pannel display.
DON'T LICK THE SCREEN!
omg, seriously is it that big of a f***ing deal, its not like were eating food off our computer screens, and if u are u probally dont know what a screen is for
Will these gases cause me to go bling? If so, please let me know. Thank you.
As one of the government's estimated millions who suffers from what is commonly known as Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and whose life is greatly curtailed by it, I applaud this move.
To those who dismiss this out of hand or a lack of knowledge, know that testing shows the average American has numerous toxic chemicals in their blood/organs from such common items as Teflon coated rugs, clothing, formaldehyde and more. In fact, most Japanese car makers are getting rid of the chemicals responsible for 'new car smell' because they realize the impact it has on people's health.
So hats off to Corning!!
Most of us would not lick the screen..... but we might have to "suit up" before we hit the "On" button - like working on a nuclear submarine or some other such thing...buy a geiger-counter with USB cord!!!
What you have to understand is that these things are poisonous after you throw out the old LCDs these can pollute the environment and pose a serious health threat to everyone!!! Believe me I live in a country where millions face the spectre of arsenic poisoning (though from a different cause). So we should applaud anyone who makes our world just a bit more eco friendly..... and certainly avoid shortsightedness when it comes to cleaner and healthier environment.
Mubin, not all of us agree with Jeff?s views. Thanks for sharing your insight and your monkey sense of humor.
If these elements are fused in the glass, like carbon in steel , how can in get out?
ok so an lcd is the glass on the monitor sorry just doing computer training please reply
It's a big deal that manufaturers of LCD monitors are stopping the use of these chemicals in LCD screens, these chemicals contribute to enviremental issues like GLOBAL WARMING and ozone depletion. LCD is becoming the new standard for displays and more and more of this type of displays are being manufacture each day, and arsenic, barium and all these other chemicals are being use more and more, and the waste of the screens by user at the end of there displays life cycle is what worries most us....
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"JEWEL BAKER"...LCD is one of the types of displays (meaning monitors or televisions) use in todays market. LCD stands for Liquid Crystal Display.
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I have digital type old monitor. Is it now worth to change to TFT or wait for organic LED monitors and inform whether OLED monitors will hit market soon