A friend of mine said the same thing but I wonder if the real hazard might be electrical. Do you know how these health investigations were performed?
Dust has been available to humans for millennia without problem so I doubt that this is the real hazard. It could be the end hazard (ontologically) and the electrical effect is what brings the dust to the undesired places in the lungs. David On Dec 4, 2007 5:33 PM, Harry Veeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is concern about toner dust. > It is extremely fine and can lodge deep in the lungs. > > Harry > > On 4/12/2007 3:51 AM, David Jonsson wrote: > > I thought that laser toner was dangerous chemically since they are > collected and disposed separately. i investigated and found that this was > not the case > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toner <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toner> > > The only health risk associated with it is due to its ability to generate > static electricity. Putting it in a vacuum cleaner can make it catch fire. > Therefore I saved a bag of waste laser toner. I wonder what kind of > apparatus I need to excite the toner to produce static electricity? Can this > list offer any advise? > > David > > > > > -- David Jonsson Interactive Institute AB http://www.tii.se/ Kista, Sweden phone callto:+46707791731 Contact info: http://www.tii.se/people/david
