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New Study Looks At The Potential Carcinogenicity Of 3D Printing (hackaday.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 7 months ago (4 children)

tl;dr maybe don’t sleep where you print

Does this mean that 3D printing causes cancer? No, not by a long shot. But, it’s clear that under lab conditions, exposure to either PLA or ABS particulates seems to be related to some of the cell changes associated with carcinogenesis.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Dang, my nightstand printer is such a great white noise generator too. ;p

[–] [email protected] 45 points 7 months ago

You joke but...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Bro wth I have my printer in my room. I print pla. Fucking hell I gotta move this thing somewhere else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

You could make an enclosure. You'll get better prints too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Even then it's safer than playing with rocks it seems.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Also, don't shit where you eat.