Is the dust on your computer toxic?

3 Jun, 2004 at 6:59pm ET Article published in Tech

According to new research into chemical residue found in the dust collecting on computers and other electronics devices, the PC that you’re using to read this story could pose a long-term threat to your health.

In a report published by Clean Production Action and the Computer TakeBack Campaign, two groups studying environmental and health issues related to computers, researchers contend that potentially dangerous elements of brominated fire retardants are turning up in dust samples swiped from computers.

Source: News.com

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3 Jun 2004 ~ 7:04pm Geeky1 *rolls eyes*
3 Jun 2004 ~ 7:23pm hitokiri HAH! nothing has happened to me yet! *cough*wheez*faint*
3 Jun 2004 ~ 7:24pm pseudonym Brominated Fire Retardants?? I would assume those are used in electronics production at some point OR they took the data at a brominated fire retardant plant. I'd say its a 50/50 chance.
3 Jun 2004 ~ 8:03pm DogSoldier Look on the plus side, if your lungs ever catch fire....
3 Jun 2004 ~ 9:07pm entropy brominated fire retardants sounds like some sort of soup they serve at an institute
4 Jun 2004 ~ 1:31am Zero1 Guess this means everytime I open up my computer I should stop snorting the dust =/ lol
4 Jun 2004 ~ 2:02am Thrax First asbestos, then brominated fire retardants.

Why is it that whenever someone makes a neato material that saves lives, it takes people 15+ years to figure out that it kills you merely by existing?

Smacktards.