Killer lurking in the office - printer

For office workers, printers are familiar office supplies, printing materials, copywriting, reports, etc. are inseparable from it. However, "informed people know no one," the indispensable printer has hidden "killing." Because many units use non-original consumables or even inferior consumables in order to reduce office costs, the printer will not only cause harm to human health, but also cause cancer.

Inferior consumables

“Recent sleep quality is not good, and it is often easy to feel tired.” Ms. Liu, a staff member working in a print shop, said that she went to the hospital to check that she was weak because she was working at the printer for a long time, and the respiratory tract inhaled the carbon of the printer. Powder, damage to the function of the chest and lungs. “Doctors advise me to stay away from the printer as much as possible, especially in poor quality printing supplies.”

“Original toner is mostly pigment toner, safe and non-toxic, instead of the original toner commonly used dye toner to replace pigment toner, the production cost is very low, the price is low, but this kind of toner often contains toxic components.” Xiao Li, a printer salesman at the mall, told reporters.

Fitness 114 Xiaobian also learned from the professionals that compared with the original consumables, due to the constraints of equipment, raw materials, production processes and other factors, the melting point of carbon powder in non-original consumables and even inferior consumables is generally high, and the toner particles are coarse. It is uneven, and it is easy to overflow with toxic styrene gas during printing. If it works in the environment of such a toner printer for a long time, the carcinogenic rate will increase by more than 10%.

To reduce printer hazards, 5 suggestions to help you:

1, inkjet printers are best to use the original pigment ink, or environmentally friendly ink, do not use inferior dye ink.

2. Do not disassemble the cover. The printer cover has a blocking effect on the radiation. When printing, remove the cover and print it, and do not touch the high temperature and high pressure parts with your hands.

3, the printing room should be independent, and open more windows, air convection helps reduce waste gas and dust particles.

4, the volume of particles released by the printer is small, the human lung can not be directly filtered, and its harm is equivalent to the inhalation of cigarettes, so it is wise to use a mask.

5, just print the paper, do not touch it immediately, because the toner contains styrene, through the skin or nose and mouth into the body, teratogenic effects on the fetus, may also induce neonatal leukemia.