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This is what they found:
Bisphenol A (BPA) appeared in 98% of samples, and its substitute, bisphenol S (BPS), was found in more than three-quarters. Synthetic chemicals used to stiffen plastic, BPA and BPS mimic the action of oestrogen inside organisms, causing a range of adverse effects
It doesn't say how much. Remember to only handle receipt paper with gloves and never wet hands. /s
Seriously though, we should figure out as a society what is toxic.
I honestly do avoid touching receipts, why the /s? Why expose yourself?
I have to live in a society. They should ban dangerous chemicals and consumer products, rather than making me wear gloves everywhere.
It's a shitty society though, that's why the receipts are poison and I don't touch them.
Should they get rid of them? Fuck yeah!
Do I have control over that? Sure don't! I'm willing to bet you don't either, but if you know someone who does, tell them I said to cut that shit out.
You dismiss the dangers of these chemicals with your dumb joke, but it's not funny outside of the colon of the billionaires where you are residing, even if it gets broad laughter inside the warm confines of the large intestine.
You misread, or I miswrote, or both.
This sounds overblown. There's no direct link to any study in the Guardian article, nor in any of the similar articles that came out today.
Searching ToxFree project got me this site, but skimming over this I couldn't find anything with "headphones".
Some other terms got me to ToxFree Life for all, but that's just the petition without any research either.
It's actually not news that every electronic is covered in carcingenic chemicals out of the factory. I wouldn't dismiss the risk, knowing what I know about companies soaking furniture in carcinogens for flame retardants that don't actually work to slow fires. Or a million other areas. In fact trusting the authorities are looking out for your welfare at this point is just laughable.
I agree that it's important to look out for risks, but the snippet "feminisation of males" just screams right-wing hit peace. That's not made better by the fact that most publications don't even link the organisation or the study.
So spent some more time tracking this down
The PCGamer article (released 2 hours ago) at least links the organisation behind the research.
Clicking around on their site I finally found the original piece (in hungarian) they made. Unfortunately it's paywalled
That is what endocrine disruptors do, and masculinze woman too. Men will grow breasts, testicles shrink, woman will have to shave their faces, grow body hair. It's really gross, and horrible for you, and even small doses it affects you.
It's not hyperbole at all, it's not a scoop either outside of it being on these electronics, we've known this from day 1, and they are completely justified using stark language to get the attention of people that have until now trusted the authorities to keep them safe, and hear it's bad for you, without realizing how it's bad for you.
I'm all for reducing harm from these toxic substances, but are there any studies showing these stances pose actual risk under normal use?
Studies paid for by the industries that profit from pollutants all show those pollutants are safe yes. First day in the western world?
Is it? I find it funny. Because you have people who lose their shit over tofu having estrogen turning men into women (aka soyboys) but they are too dumb to realize that it is a different type of estrogen (phytoestrogen).
But if we extrapolate that all estrogen is big bad scary then OPs comment is spot on with my own lived experiences. Just this past Christmas season my BIL was visiting and this came up.
The article states that the chemicals could be
Bisphenol A (BPA) appeared in 98% of samples, and its substitute, bisphenol S (BPS), was found in more than three-quarters. Synthetic chemicals used to stiffen plastic, BPA and BPS mimic the action of oestrogen inside organisms, causing a range of adverse effects including the feminisation of males, early onset puberty in girls, and cancer. Previous studies have shown that bisphenols can migrate from synthetic materials into sweat, and that they can be absorbed through the skin.
So if tofu is bad then yeah...people should lose their shit over this too. But im sure you thought about all of that before making your one line reactionary zinger, right?
Indeed, everyone trusts the wrong people. The right aligned influencers and others made a big deal of soy, even as they ignore myriad endocrine disruptors that actually do do the things they are inaccurately blaming soy for.
One can tell them too, and they won't believe you. Their influencers already told them people like me would lie to them about stuff like this. BPA, BPS, are the tip of an iceberg, there are so many others, many systematic in our environments, and municipal water systems. Just because you get a "safe" dose, doesn't mean there aren't effects, especially when every day you are getting low doses of multiple endocrine disruptors, like atrazine and other herbicides.
Municipal water tests all have the latter in there, but when they test for pollutants, they will do it when the water table is high, like in the spring, with vastly lower pollutant levels. When the water table is low, late summer into fall, is when values spike.
Then here we have people outside of the right aligned influencers ridiculing the harms from endocrine disruptors and other pollutants. One wonders what group influenced them to take that position.
I had meant my post to be a response to someone else and had deleted this comment. But it's the exact same as i left in the thread. Just fyi in case anyone sees a deleted comment and wonders what you're responding to.
But yeah, agree that all of this it's just the tip of the iceberg. You've given me a few things to look into myself so thanks for that!
oh no the feminization of males. anyways.
This is why people don't like you irl.
Is it? I find it funny. Because you have people who lose their shit over tofu having estrogen turning men into women (aka soyboys) but they are too dumb to realize that it is a different type of estrogen (phytoestrogen).
But if we extrapolate that all estrogen (or estrogen response producing) is big bad scary then OPs comment is spot on with my own lived experiences. Just this past Christmas season my BIL was visiting and this came up.
The article states:
Bisphenol A (BPA) appeared in 98% of samples, and its substitute, bisphenol S (BPS), was found in more than three-quarters. Synthetic chemicals used to stiffen plastic, BPA and BPS mimic the action of oestrogen inside organisms, causing a range of adverse effects including the feminisation of males, early onset puberty in girls, and cancer. Previous studies have shown that bisphenols can migrate from synthetic materials into sweat, and that they can be absorbed through the skin.
So if tofu is bad then yeah...people should lose their shit over this too. But im sure you thought about all of that before making your one line reactionary zinger, right?
Article only mentions that some substances were detected as present and didn't have any information on how much was present or show a plausible method of those chemicals reaching areas of the body where they would have the effects they allege.
And it's only one study. There is a chance they the results were tainted somehow.