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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9986

29 September 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/consumers
Commission calls for European standards to protect hearing from damage from personal music players

Brussels, 28/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - An end to damage to hearing from too loud personal music players (MP3, iPod etc) used over extended periods of time. Determined to tackle this attested health risk, the European Commission decided, on Monday 28 September, not to legislate but to mandate the relevant standardisation bodies to draw up safety standards for personal music players, in cooperation with their traditional partners: the industry, scientists and consumers. European Consumer...

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