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EU to impose volume caps on MP3 players

Deutsche Welle, by Staff from agencies Posted By: Photoonist- Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:03:36 GMT The European Commission is to draft new technical standards to limit the volume of mobile music players following concerns the popular gadgets could cause hearing loss, particularly among young people. The EU's Consumer Affairs Commissioner Meglena Kuneva said on Monday that the proposed standards would aim to cap the maximum volume output on MP3 players from 100 decibels down to 80. (Snip) The commissioner added that research showed that five to ten percent of all

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