As well as facing accusations that games such as Grand Theft
Auto encourage violence and criminality, Greenpeace is now laying
the blame for the state of the environment at the door of console
manufacturers. Worse still, consoles could affect sexual
development in men, the organisation has warned.
The Greenpeace scientific report
Playing
Dirty states that video games consoles have tested positive for
hazardous chemicals and materials such as
polyvinyl chloride,
phthalates,
beryllium and
bromine.
The report alleges that some consoles contain very high levels
of phthalates. Greenpeace warned that one of the phthalates found
in the consoles, DEHP, is known to interfere with sexual
development in mammals - including humans - especially in
males.