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Posted By Descarte Just thought I would add more hype to this story that is currently being emailed through out the UK and the world in office environments, and if you havnt seen or been asked about this yet you are probably lucky! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/...asia-pacific/6923915.stmWe all know that office printers can be a source of noise and potentially Ozone (citation?), however this new study found a five fold increase in dust in open plan office areas during the day. Obviously this is attributed to printer use and has nothing to do with movement of people, air, paper, clothing etc... Either there is something lacking in this BBC report or in the study but how can they make this jump? Des
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Posted By John Murphy
Personally Des I found this to be a brief but balanced report and should be taken seriously. It is suggesting a third of the sixty printers they tested (not all of them note) could emit potentially harmful levels of particulates and are recommending that printers should be placed in well ventilated areas. Good advice in my opinion.
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Posted By Glyn Atkinson
To be fair, just look in your own home on a sunny day at how much dust is hanging and glistening in the sunlight.
Add office environment to paper being pushed, moved and thrown through rollers, having inks and toners added to them and there will be loads of paper dust and particulates floating in the atmosphere.
Doesn't this sound horrific?? It's only an office!
The need for good airflow and ventilation is then apparent without sophisticated testing requirements.
Ask any asthma or allergy sufferer if they can detect paper dust in the air and once they've stopped sneezing, they will reply !
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