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Apple: No evidence of benzene in Mac Pros
Apple says it has not seen any evidence to back up a French newspaper’s claim that Mac Pros are emitting toxic odors, including benzene. The report, first appearing in Libération and picked up by tech blogs in the U.S. , contends Mac Pros built before 2008 emit an odor. A scientist quoted in the ...
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Some Mac Pros may emit toxic gas
MacUser — Is your Mac Pro emitting toxic gases? Sure, it might just seem like an easy way to convince your work to let you take a bit of a vacation or a diabolical plan by some sort of supervillain. But reports earlier this week in French publication Libération suggested that Mac Pros might be releasing nasty fumes including benzene. Our colleagues at the Mothership contacted Apple HQ, where spokesperson Bill Evans said: “We have not found anything that supports this claim, but continue to investigate it for the ...

Mac Pro Issue: Apple's Statement and Thermal Paste as the Potential Suspect
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Mac Pro Issue: Apple's Statement and Thermal Paste as the Potential Suspect
MacBytes.com — ... - 15:19:22 In a interview to Macworld , Apple spokesman Bill Evans announced that: “We have not found anything that supports this claim, but continue to investigate it for the customer” If one starts analyzing Apple’s statement, it does not dismiss reports, as Apple can not really claim that the chemical analysis was not performed according to state of the art conditions (ISO certified-lab), but Apple can indeed say without necessarily implying doubts from customers that it did find any evidence to confirm the claim. For sure, Apple will immediately conduct further ...

Older Mac Pros Toxic or Just Smelly?
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... AppleCare representatives in France contacted by our reader confirmed the problem as affecting Mac Pros built before 2008 but refused to put it in writing. Apple spokesman Bill Evans told Macworld, "We have not found anything that supports this claim, but continue to investigate it for the customer." ...

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Apple: No evidence of benzene in Mac Pros
macworld.com 10/1/2008 — Apple says it has not seen any evidence to back up a French newspaper’s claim that Mac Pros are emitting toxic odors, including benzene.