Hazardous substances found in all headphones tested by ToxFREE project — report
Corroborated by 2 sources from 2 publishers
TL;DR
Some European retailers have stopped selling certain headphones after an EU-funded study found that they contained hormone-disrupting chemicals. European retailers yank popular headphones after study reports trace amounts of hormone-disrupting chemicals A study of dozens of headphones found trace amounts of harmful chemicals in all of them, but manufacturers say they’re following the rules. A study of dozens of headphones found trace amounts of harmful chemicals in all of them, but manufacturers say they’re following the rules.
Sources
1
The Verge (Tech)
https://www.theverge.com/science/894771/headphones-hormone-disrupting-chemicals-study
2
Hacker News
https://arnika.org/en/news/the-sound-of-contamination-all-analysed-headphones-on-the-central-european-market-found-to-contain-hormone-disrupting-chemicals
3
Hacker News (Front Page)
https://arnika.org/en/news/the-sound-of-contamination-all-analysed-headphones-on-the-central-european-market-found-to-contain-hormone-disrupting-chemicals