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So I've been thinking a lot about this video recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ2czFuIYmQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ2czFuIYmQ It talks about,

So I've been thinking a lot about this video recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ2czFuIYmQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ2czFuIYmQ It talks about, demonstrates and measures the air quality around vinyl. Apparently the things are leaching dangerous compounds into the air constantly, especially when being played. It made his air quality measuring device give an alarm, instead of just reporting the number of particles or something. I'm not sure, maybe it's just one of those thousands of every day life things which are technically carcinogenic, or not. It made me pause personally though, having recently lost a friend, who worked at a record store, died at a young age to cancer, had otherwise always been a strong healthy man. I'm actually more comfortable talking about this here, semi-anonymously, I don't think it'd be wise to bring this up IRL with anyone, on account of it possibly not having to do with anything. I kind of half-wish I hadn't seen the video.

skohan 7y ago
I lost my dad to cancer last year, and I think it can be maddening to try to unwind the causes. I think when you lose somebody, the natural impulse can be to reach out for a cause, at least so you can understand it, and there's a tendency to seize on any evidence or theory, no matter how weak, just to have somewhere to lay down the blame. So you might be right that vinyl records are dangerous, or maybe that had no impact. In my opinion it's best for one's mental health to trust scientific inquiry to tell us what's dangerous or not, and to leave everything else as an open question.
- consumer451 7y ago
  I just watched the GP video, and science does seem to support that vinyl records are likely dangerous. The video creator uses an air pollution meter[0] to find out that his records are causing very high PM 2.5, VOC, and formaldehyde. The vinyl records seem to only need to be taken out of their sleeves. The results look shocking. There have to be some HN users who have the knowledge and equipment to attempt to replicate this experiment. Please do that and share! [0] https://youtu.be/aZ2czFuIYmQ?t=553 https://youtu.be/aZ2czFuIYmQ?t=553
- c0vfefe 7y ago
  And considering carcinogens specifically, they're so ubiquitous in modern life in various tiny quantities that eliminating credible risks becomes an exhausting goose chase.
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skohan 7y ago

I lost my dad to cancer last year, and I think it can be maddening to try to unwind the causes. I think when you lose somebody, the natural impulse can be to reach out for a cause, at least so you can understand it, and there's a tendency to seize on any evidence or theory, no matter how weak, just to have somewhere to lay down the blame. So you might be right that vinyl records are dangerous, or maybe that had no impact. In my opinion it's best for one's mental health to trust scientific inquiry to tell us what's dangerous or not, and to leave everything else as an open question.

consumer451 7y ago
I just watched the GP video, and science does seem to support that vinyl records are likely dangerous. The video creator uses an air pollution meter[0] to find out that his records are causing very high PM 2.5, VOC, and formaldehyde. The vinyl records seem to only need to be taken out of their sleeves. The results look shocking. There have to be some HN users who have the knowledge and equipment to attempt to replicate this experiment. Please do that and share! [0] https://youtu.be/aZ2czFuIYmQ?t=553 https://youtu.be/aZ2czFuIYmQ?t=553
c0vfefe 7y ago
And considering carcinogens specifically, they're so ubiquitous in modern life in various tiny quantities that eliminating credible risks becomes an exhausting goose chase.

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