Laser Printer Danger
Posted by easy eco blog
Professor Lidia Morawska from Queensland University of Technology’s International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health has details on dangerous emissions from common laser printers. Her earlier finding was that almost 1/3 of popular laser printers emitted large numbers of ultrafine particles and VOCs.
“In the printing process, toner is melted and when it is hot, certain compounds evaporate and those vapours then nucleate or condense in the air, forming ultrafine particles,” she said.
You can try to avoid using laser printers at home by sticking to inkjet printers or safer printers on their list. Also ensure ventilation is good around laser printers and that they are turned off when not needed.
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Filed under: Effort, Electronics, Environment, Green, Home, Indoor Air Quality, Medium, Money | Tags: Laser Printers, ultrafine particles, Vocs
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February 18th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Yecch! I never thought of that… thanks for the tip.
November 15th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Unfortunately that’s one of the drawbacks of laser printers and copiers. Most though should have Ozone filters that should be changed regularly.