Cancer. How’s that for the least-expected word you’d ever find in product literature for headphones?
Well, boys and girls, turns out the Shure SE102 MPA headphones have a cancer warning!
Watch the review and enjoy:
Chad Edge dot-com reviews the Shure SE102 MPA Headphones from chadedge on Vimeo.
December 5th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
I found the same label in an mp3 player I recently purchased. I think all electronics these days have that same cancer causing component. Whatever it may be, like you said, could be the foam or copper, or plastics.
December 20th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Shure’s faq has more information on the CA cancer warning.
http://personalaudio.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/personalaudio.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3692&p_created=1219863503&p_sid=PGPKMUlj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MSwxJnBfcHJvZHM9MCZwX2NhdHM9MCZwX3B2PSZwX2N2PSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9Y2FuY2Vy&p_li=&p_topview=1
December 20th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
“anon,” thanks for the comment and the link to the FAQ.
There must be a reason that Proposition 65 was passed, and for that reason “do not be unnecessarily alarmed” doesn’t hold much weight.