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New Health Risk: Your Printer May Be Toxic

Queensland University of Technology researchers in Australia have found that nearly one third of office printers spew “potentially dangerous,” and “ULTRA-TINY PARTICLES of toner-like material, so small that they can infiltrate the lungs and cause a range of health problems from respiratory irritation to more chronic illnesses.”

Original post by Mike

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