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Report: High levels of toxic chemicals found in Apple, Google, Samsung, and more smartwatch bands
(www.phonearena.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2025
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Missing from the article: actual amounts of PFAS found in the bands, what percentage of it can be absorbed through skin contact, how that compares to other sources the average person might run into, and how much you have to absorb before biological damage emerges out of the statistical noise. The information may be in the original paper, but I'm disinclined to search for it there. Without those numbers, this is meaningless.
From the paper:
So it sounds more like it’s unclear for now. But probably best to about these bands either way.
"Very high"
This is just a news article. Also even though they had those informations in the article I won’t trust some journalist about the answers of your big questions and I suggest you the same.
One of two things is the case:
The numbers are in the paper, and the person who wrote the article could have transcribed them but is too lazy.
The numbers are not in the paper, in which case I would class the article as inflammatory and irresponsible.
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Do I trust the journalist? Not in the sense you mean, but I expect them to act responsibly and make a minimum effort.