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    KNITTING WEBSITE MAKES PEOPLE ILL

    Sep 10, 2020 3 minutes

    n mid-June, popular knitting and crochet site altered the design of its webpages. The Bostonbased site was founded in 2007; by March 2020 it had a reported nine million registered users. Soon after the redesign, some site visitors began reporting various ailments, including migraines and seizures. As news of these health problems spread among users, it was alleged that even viewing a screenshot could make people unwell. Some visitors claimed they had fallen ill as soon as looking

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