Your Laser Printer may be killing you! Top Laser Printers may cause Lung and Heart Disease
Published by Dubai Expat August 2nd, 2007 in News, Work.
According to a latest study by Australian Scientists, your laser printer (at home or in the office) may actually be contributing negatively to your health. Laser printers emit ultra-fine particle pollution.
In one of the first studies of laser printers in a work setting, researchers found that some models are sources of ultra-fine particles that contribute to indoor air pollution. Breathing tiny particles can cause respiratory irritation and more severe illnesses such as heart disease and cancer.
Almost half of the laser printers tested in the study emitted tiny particles of toner-like material, sending out concentrations ranging from low to high, according to the study findings published online today for the American Chemical Society’s journal Environmental Science and Technology.
The worst printers released amounts of ultra-fine particles rivaling plumes of secondhand smoke. When inhaled, the particles - tiny flecks between 100 and 1,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair- can work their way deep into the lung, leading to heart and lung disease, scientists say.
Please ensure that if you usually work near a printer, especially in enclosed spaces you need to move it away or improve ventilation to avoid affecting your health. Let others know too…! Some printers studied:
High-level emitters:
HP Color LaserJet 4650dn
HP Color LaserJet 5550dtn
HP Color LaserJet 8550N
HP LaserJet 1320N
HP LaserJet 1320n
HP LaserJet 2420dn
HP LaserJet 4200dtna
HP LaserJet 4250n (old)
HP LaserJet 4250n (new)
HP LaserJet 5(a)
HP LaserJet 8000DNa
HP LaserJet 8150N
TOSHIBA Studio 450
Middle-level emitters
HP LaserJet 1020
HP LaserJet 4200dtn
Read the study at www.sfgate.com/ZND
DO NOT SIGN JABEL ALI GARDEN’s UNDERTAKINGS:
Has anyone seen the undertaking the Gardens is requesting its residents to sign on its Gardens ID Form?
Hidden within the bottom of the page is an undertaking that states that: “I/we will always abide by rules, regulations, and policies of the Gardens that are existing or are yet to be introduced.”
What insane people would ever sign such undertaking, in which they would admit that they are in agreement with ‘any’ rule that the Gardens may in the future issue.
Another undertaking (this one is for Car Parking Sticker, though) states that: “I/we undertake that I will not hold the Gardens Management or anyone responsible for anything.” What on earth are they saying here??
It is obvious those dudes at the Gardens Management Office are up to something this time. They couldn’t get away with that “buildings-down-for-the-welfare-of-mankind” story, but the Lord only knows what their agenda this time is.