"Do not eat iPod shuffle".

"Do not eat iPhone headphones."

I won't eat an iPhone, I promise. STUPIDITY at it's WORST! Picking on Apple because it is getting a lot of headlines is what this amounts too. Nothing to do with hazardous chemicals that aren't in any other phone on the market today. Notice how they conveniently overlook this point and just zoom in on Apple. Go ahead and try and eat your radio and see how echo friendly it is. ;-)

This is easy. Just don't sell the iPhone in Kalifornia. See how fast things get changed :-)

These suits that are brought against Apple and others would have a great deal more validity if they folks suing them were not trying to get monetary compensation, but instead only sued to force a company to stop a practice and cover court costs.

If this were the case, many of these suits would not be the target of so much mud-slinging done by the Apple fanatics that live and breath Apple...

If you had read the article you would have learned that the chemical in question is in the headphone cables and has the potential for absorption into your body simply for the physical exposure to the cable in day-to-day use.

How about keeping the comments more reasonable and drop the sarcasm. It would be nice is all the macheads would drop the sarcasm and post in a semi-intelligent manner.

How about avoiding the use of vulgarities. Why did you feel it necessary to post such nonsense?

Those interested in a class action against these people please respond.

They are costing us money with unsubstantiated and rumor mongering claims.

Ok ... you're highly unlikely to become sick from wearing your iPod earphones. Please refer to the following site:

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts9.html

Now ... if you plan to use your earphones as a pacifier note that companies have voluntarily removed these substances.

Apple may be working on a safer iPacifier for you and will get back to you when that product has been safety tested.

Thank you for your concern.

That the phones content contains materials that violate California law than that was a HUGE oversight on Apple's part. Is it possible a manufacturer (whoever it's out-sourced to) could build something with illegal materials without a company knowing about it? IF it's true how do you prove responsibility?

That would be Apple's responsibility. It's their product, they're responsible for it. They could sue the manufacturer, but that's a different matter entirely.

I really do not see why you guys are complaining. They only want a label on a product that should have been put there anyway. They are not asking for money.

mr. strat, it is likely you who eats s***. In all those fast food burgers you eat. Cow s***, rat s***, people s***, it is all in there.

The problem with your observation is this suit isn't asking for money other then the civil fine that would go to the government not the party suing.

You write, "These suits that are brought against Apple and others would have a great deal more validity if they folks suing them were not trying to get monetary compensation, but instead only sued to force a company to stop a practice and cover court costs.

If this were the case, many of these suits would not be the target of so much mud-slinging done by the Apple fanatics that live and breath Apple..."

So ... should all products which contain trace amounts of cyanide be labeled also even if the amounts are low enough that they should pose no problems with normal usage?

Greenpeace has a mandate. If you think Al Gore is going to mock them you are smoking too much weed. Apple knows full well what is in their products. Apple boasts a lot about how it's a different kind of tech company, that puts the consumer interest first. It does not fiscally nor does it care that much about the environment. Indeed Al Gore is going to find this very embarrassing. There is a very strong movement afoot in the tech industry to start using recycled but safe products in packaging and in hardware. As Apple is a monopoly for Mac systems they are 100% liable. Simple put a sticker on, change the design of pretty mediocre earphones and pay a small fine after cleaning up the iPhone. You whiny Apple zealots should open your eyes, Tech was meant to be green. It's not and that's a shame. No use saying other companies are just as bad, they are not all as bad, no means great either. Apple should lead the way as it has Al Gore on the board.

Al Gore needs to lead himself first. Maybe he can start by not exempting himself and his business interests with the excuse he buys carbon credits or some such. Al is about ends justifies means so whatever he does is going to be about his image as well as he can maintain it which he's doing very well at now since his new prize has reinforced his smugness. Good luck looking to him for real results.