Onetwothree
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You’re making a big assumption about how much at least some people posting here know (or don’t know) about the health risks posed by post manufactured use of Vapor Deposited Beryllium tweeters. While nothing in life is absolutely safe, in most homes VPD Beryllium tweeters wouldn’t make the top 100 of dangerous substances found in the average household.
Anyone worried about VPD Beryllium should immediately stop using their computers, cellphones, and most other electronics. Then get rid of almost all cleaning products including those used for personal hygiene. And as you suggest, most types of food should be abandoned as well.
Or we could use reason, knowledge, and logic to make rational decisions about product safety. We still manage to eat apples despite the relatively high levels of cyanide in apple seeds.....
How many homes actually have vapor deposited Beryllium tweeters? I would assume very few given the niche market. This also isn't about making a top 100 list, it is about an individuals exposure to a substance.
If I buy a new home I'm not going to be concerned about lead paint and asbestos, even if they represent the number 1 and 2 health hazards in a top 100 list because obviously, a new home wouldn't have those substances. What's important to the individual are the potential dangers that individual may be exposed to, not where they fall on some list.
And I never suggested anything about abandoning most types of food or getting rid of electronic devices.
You are making a very common mistake that many people make, which is putting all toxic substances at the same level, and throwing up your hands and saying, "well everything is toxic so who cares about anything being toxic".
As I said, exposure level is just as important as the toxicity of the chemical, the two go hand in hand. If you have too much iron in your blood you will develop certain diseases, if you have too little iron, you will also develop certain diseases. We are told in general that heavy metals are bad for our health, iron is a heavy metal.
Understanding exposure and toxicity is complicated and unfortunately, the average person does not have enough of a science background to be able to analyze all of this information. This is why we have people posting crazy things on the internet like water that is slightly acidic being "terrible" for our health. These very same people have no issue drinking soda or drinking and eating lemonade which is several magnitudes more acidic.
Going back to the OP, as I said before, Focal is in a bit of a lose lose scenario. If they reply they open themselves up to potential legal issues but not replying can also look suspicious.
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