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Laser printers emit dangerous dust, study finds
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fcda9075-1ef9-4d07-9a6e-9fb2ce6d7eb6/40B05C8E-FBC6-4A31-8B03-782A28B2ED05/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070731/laser_printers_070731/20070731?hub=TopStories" href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070731/laser_printers_070731/20070731?hub=TopStories" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ctv.ca</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070731/laser_printers_070731/20070731?hub=TopStories"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ctv.ca/img/B00E1102-CB95-44DF-A30A-F32D95664452" alt="Printer" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070731/laser_printers_070731/20070731?hub=TopStories">Office workers may be breathing in dangerous dust emitted from laser printers, finds a disturbing new study from Australian researchers.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070731/laser_printers_070731/20070731?hub=TopStories"><P>The researchers found that certain printers release tiny particles into the air that could pose "a significant health threat" when inhaled into their lungs.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070731/laser_printers_070731/20070731?hub=TopStories"><P>The researchers didn't analyze the chemical makeup of the particles but think that they come from the toner, the ultrafine powder used in laser printers instead of ink. They found that the printers emitted more dust when the toner cartridge was new, and when the printers were used for printing graphics, which require greater amounts of toner. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070731/laser_printers_070731/20070731?hub=TopStories"><P>One of the printers released so many particles, it was at a rate comparable to the particle emissions from cigarette smoking. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070731/laser_printers_070731/20070731?hub=TopStories"><P>On the other hand, 37 of the 62 printers didn't release enough dust to diminish air quality; six released low levels, and two, medium levels. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/40B05C8E-FBC6-4A31-8B03-782A28B2ED05/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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