Earlier this week, a category motion lawsuit was filed towards Apple, accusing the corporate of knowingly utilizing dangerous chemical substances in three Apple Watch bands. On Thursday, Apple made a public assertion concerning the lawsuit, stating that the bands are “Safe for users to wear.”
The lawsuit cites a College of Notre Dame research that discovered that 15 of twenty-two watch bands examined include poisonous polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The PFAS will be absorbed via the pores and skin, ultimately resulting in well being issues. The printed research cites ten corporations whose bands have been examined (together with Apple, Nike, Google, and Fitbit), however the printed outcomes use labels that don’t particularly establish the band and mannequin of the band examined.
The bands cited within the lawsuit are the Sport Band (the band included with a brand new Apple Watch), the Ocean Band, and the Nike Sport Band. The lawsuit states that Apple “continues to hide the existence of PFAS at the point of purchase and otherwise.” Yow will discover a duplicate of the lawsuit under.
Apple issued a response to the lawsuit:
Apple Watch bands are protected for customers to put on. Along with our personal testing, we additionally work with unbiased laboratories to conduct rigorous testing and evaluation of the supplies utilized in our merchandise, together with Apple Watch bands.
In November 2022, Apple printed a white paper about its phasing out of PFAS in its merchandise. Within the Government Abstract of the paper, Apple states that it desires to “thoughtfully phase out PFAS in a way that does not result in regrettable substitutions” and that the corporate is “prioritizing our phaseout activities on applications that result in the highest volumes of PFAS reductions and the most meaningful environmental impact.” The Apple paper doesn’t deal with PFAS in particular Apple Watch bands.
