Laser Printers: A Health Hazard?

Laser Printers: A Health Hazard?

Author JoeDigital

While some types of older printers were said to have harmful effects to one’s health, this new surprising finding from an Australian research group on laser printers showed that even top of the line printers can produce harmful toxic elements as well. The study basically showed that these printers produced materials as harmful as cigarette smoke. This alarmed many printer companies as much as it got the attention of consumers, and reactions and denials were all over the place.

And now those same researchers are back with new findings. After testing it on two types of laser printers – one that produces little particulate matter and another that makes 1000 times as much – the researchers pointed out that the combined activity of the toner, lubricating oil, paper, and other parts of the printer reacts at a certain temperature and produces harmful emissions into the air.

However, without any further testing on the matter laser printers cannot be directly blamed with this kind of “harmful effect”. Inkjet printers in general, however, remain to be safe, as this study was only for laser printers.

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