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Is Your Computer Leaking Toxic Dust?
n0alpha writes "A recent study by scientists at the University of Washington suggests that computers emit dangerous chemicals. Specifically, chemicals called PBDEs (poly-brominated-diphyenyl ethers) found in the household dust that collects on your monitor and keyboard could pose a health threat. Scientists say the chemicals have caused developmental and learning defects in laboratory animals and may pose a threat to people and animals. 'It's critical we phase these materials out,' said Suellen Mele, Citizens for Resource Conservation. And some companies are doing just that."
learning defects in laboratory animals
They're ANIMALS. Are we really capable of measuring the learning ability of a lab rat vs. another lab rat?
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So now we have something else lurking and competing for space around the 'puter and peripherals.
Is this any worse than potato chip crumbs and errant staples?
If the enviro-nuts want to gin up a substantial reason to worry, perhaps we can guide their attention to money and brain power wasted on "So what!" research. Good Christ! Business professionals have been sitting in front of these boxes for 20 years and they've become a home appliance steadily for the last 15 years. Given the raison d'etre for this sort of effort, the next step is to suggest that these compounds caused AIDS, massive hair loss and obese buttocks.
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What we call folk wisdom is often no more than a kind of expedient stupidity.-Edward Abbey
Very funny. Now stop posting stupid jokes.