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Ipods Cause Autism?: From the “Yeah, Right” Department

by Kristina Chew, PhD on July 17th, 2006

The link between the iPod and autism is: Old iPod batteries (and cell phone batteries too) are said to be piling up in landfills; the mercury in them is leaking out into the environment and causing autism (see story in today’s Techdirt).

Apple’s own website notes that iPod batteries are alkaline- and lithium-based and do not contain lead, mercury, or cadmium.

Listen on!

(Thanks to clabedan.typepad.com for the image.)

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