Your smartwatch band may contain harmful forever chemicals, researchers warn

14 Jan 2025, 15:10 by Susan Kreimer · UPI

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Wearing a smartwatch or fitness tracker may not be a boon to your health after all. Rather, it could expose the skin to harmful "forever chemicals."

The bands contain a class of synthetic chemicals present in many everyday products, such as cookware, cosmetics and food packaging, researchers from the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Ind., noted.