Hazardous substances found in all headphones tested by ToxFREE project

(theguardian.com)

19 points | by latexr 13 hours ago ago

5 comments

  • kot_manul 6 hours ago ago

    How far back in terms of manufacturing does this go? Is this new or does it go all the way back to the old foam earpad headphones? The article doesn't say how old the headphones they tested were.

    It'd be nice to know to have some idea how long we've all been exposed.

  • burnt-resistor 7 hours ago ago

    This is a direct result of lax regulations and enforcement, and lack of mandatory regulatory approval of products before sale by uniformly applying the precautionary principle.

    It's a difficult but necessary problem to solve through constant vigilance.

  • anastasiaess 9 hours ago ago

    This so bad

  • replooda 11 hours ago ago

    What the heck kind of nightmare dimension have I gotten myself into?

  • metalman 2 hours ago ago

    ok, simple facts, you dont get smooshy stuff cheap, without "pastisizers", which tend to be volitile, all on your head. there has been wave after wave of plastisizers bieng banned from food containers, water bottles, and other human contact stuff. but hey, it gets worse, as in certain products there is a requirement for soft smooshy stuff that is "fire resistant", which lead as a additive works to provide, without making the plastic too hard, the white dust from old crumbling plastic of these types is lead oxide, bad mojo