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Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Oct-2025 07:27:45 JST Minoru Saba

"2,350 lithium-ion battery accidents reported in #Japan over 5 years"
"The Consumer Affairs Agency... found that smartphones [were] involved in most cases, around 350, followed by electric bikes and mobile batteries with about 300 each"
"...people [suffered] burns from wireless earphones or smartwatches"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251003/p2g/00m/0na/015000c
🔸Insufficient safety standards, technology not mature enough, dodgy manufacturing & businesses? All of the above?
Caveat emptor. Caveat utilitor.
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  2,350 lithium-ion battery accidents reported in Japan over 5 years - The Mainichi
  
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  TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Thursday warned of risks posed by lithium-ion batteries and urged consumers to dispose of them properly, a

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