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Study warns of emission of fine particles

Your office laser printer may be hazardous to your health.

That’s because some printers emit large quantities of very fine particles that can be breathed into the lungs, according to a study by Australian researchers at the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health at the Queensland University of Technology.

Quoted: Robert Hamers, UW-Madison chemistry department chairman & associate director of the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center.