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Finger Paint Protest By Green Peace At HP Head Quarters In Protest Over "Hazardous Products" In HP Products.

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Jul 28, 2009

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After protesting at HP Offices in China and The Netherlands (Holland), the Green Peace have come to Bay area to protest over Hewlett Packard's backtracking on it's promise to eliminate "Hazardous Products" from it's production line.

Amsterdam, International — A Greenpeace action in the US today exposed Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) continuing contribution to the toxic electronic waste crisis. The peaceful protest is in response to HP backtracking on its commitments to phase out toxic chemicals from its products by the end of this year (1).

In California, USA, employees at the computer giant’s global headquarters were greeted with the message ‘HP = Hazardous Products’, painted on the roof in large yellow letters and automated phone calls from actor William Shatner, calling upon the company to phase out the toxic chemicals. This protest follows similar demonstrations against HP at its offices in China and Holland highlighting the continued presence of toxic chemicals in HP products.

Earlier this year, HP postponed its 2007 commitment

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