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A landmark international study across five Central European countries has found hazardous chemicals in every single pair of headphones analysed, from premium models to cheap imports. Authors say the results reveal a systemic failure in consumer safety regulation across the electronics industry. The investigation, conducted as part of the EU-funded ToxFree LIFE for All project, analysed 180 samples of hard and soft plastic components from 81 headphone products marketed to children, teenagers, and adults in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, and Austria.

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    9 hours ago

    Researchers discovered that nearly all headphones contain bisphenols, chemicals known to interfere with hormones.

    Lol, that’s harmless compared to cosmetica.

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      6 hours ago

      yea, and also when compared to literally drinking poison or shooting yourself to the head. What does it matter regarding the issue at hand if there are other things that are also bad? What would you compare the cosmetica to when its time to consider the bad stuff that causes?

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        4 hours ago

        Don’t get me wrong, that’s also bad. But the legal stuff people put voluntarily on their face is worse. I only wanted to point out, that we judge them differently.

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          I see, then that is indeed part of the problem. If that isnt addressed then it could be used as excuse to not do anything to this problem too. Sorry, your comment just came off as whataboutism