Panasonic officials are trumpeting engineering advances that have led to the elimination of lead oxide glass in the company's plasma displays. A 37-inch plasma that previously contained about 70 grams of lead now contains zero, an environmental victory that Panasonic says will save about 300 metric tons of lead from winding up in global landfills.
According to a company exec, "with this achievement, we believe that Panasonic plasma displays have outpaced our flat panel TV competitors in an important area of environmental performance: the elimination of hazardous heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, mercury — commonly used in backlit LCD TVs and in projection TV lamps.”
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