~ CNN Warns: Do not Eat Your iPhone.
If CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta had his way, when you unwrapped your new iPod or iPhone this Christmas, there might be the following warning label:
“SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Ingesting or inhaling your iPhone or iPod earbuds may be hazardous to your health.”
The November 9 CNN “American Morning” warned of the dangers of iPods. The screen read “IPOD & IPHONE DANGER – CAN THEY HURT YOU?”
“Hey, if you’ve got an iPod or an iPhone, there’s a new study out this morning that’s raising some health concerns about the ubiquitous white ear phones and also what’s inside the phones themselves,” explained CNN “American Morning” co-anchor John Roberts.
Gupta reported that the cord connecting the earbuds to your iPod contain phthalates, according to the litigious Center for Environmental Health. Phthalates are a substance often used for increasing the flexibility of plastics, but according to an article on macnn.com phthalates “may hinder the sexual development of mammals.”
He also reported the environmental extremist advocacy group Greenpeace had dismantled an iPhone and found traces of bromides and phthalates. No statement from Apple was included in Gupta’s segment, but he did briefly state that Apple intends to end the use of bromides by the end of 2008.
“So the immediate takeaway is, don’t eat your iPhone or your earbuds?” asked Roberts.
“Or breathe it in,” Gupta replied.
[source:businessandmedia]
November 13th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
How is someone supposed to do that belzab6!?!
November 14th, 2007 at 1:54 am
Don’t know about eating the phone, but I can see a kid (silly and annoying as they are) eating the earbuds.
November 27th, 2007 at 2:43 am
I watched that segment — and I think that was the point Dr Gupta was trying to make. Kids stick everything in their mouth, and there are phthalates and benzene (bad stuff) in these headphones. I, for one, am a little dubious of this website. Is this an APPLE employee trying to defend their product…?
April 30th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Who in the world would eat iPhone and iPod?
July 24th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Yeah who would eat an iPhone?