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If the fumes are dangerous enough to warn people about, should the materials that emit them really be in a handheld that might be used by children?
Should LEGOs, which pose a swallowing risk, be used by children?
Legos have age ranges written clearly on the packaging. Can't remember if the steam deck had similar labelling on its box.
Swallowing is also a much more obvious risk that parents are aware of. Valve is issuing an official statement to its adult customers not to smell the poison gas from its product, so apparently the danger is not so obvious.
It wasn't an official statement from Valve, it was a reply to a support request. People are reading way too much into this.