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Which Apple watch bands contain PFAS? Wondering specifically if the Solo Loop band does.
Apple Watch Series 6, watchOS 11
According to the page below, the Sports Loop bands contain:
Tech Specs - Material: 100% recycled nylon, 100% recycled polyester, 100% recycled spandex
There is no mention of PDAS. If this does not answer your question, please contact Apple Support.
solo loops are silicone, sport bands are fluoroelastomer which by definition may contain some PFAs. I am confident that my fluoroelastomer sport band is the best and most comfortable strap I have ever worn in 60 years of watch wearing.
The recent academic study you are implicating is
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00907
which lacks any per manufacturer data or any real evidence that any PFAs have ever been absorbed in practice. They had to use solvents to extract them.
Yes a shame they didn't publish full results naming which brands had which results. I wonder why that was. My Apple Watch Sport Band is Fluoroelastomer so I assume it was one that was affected.
So is mine , I'm not worried by this kind of study, same as I didn't stop using saccharin sweeteners because feeding a stomach load to rats every day might give them cancer.
PFAS in Apple Watch Bands
