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3D Printed Objects Found Toxic To Fish Embryos (universityofcalifornia.edu)
itwbennett writes: Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have found that the parts of two common types of 3D printers are toxic to zebrafish embryos. The researchers made this discovery accidentally when a graduate student whose work involves developing tools for studying zebrafish embryos "noticed that zebrafish embryos die after exposure to parts from the 3-D printer." According to the report, "While the embryos exposed to parts from the plastic-melting printer had slightly decreased average survival rates compared to control embryos, the embryos exposed to parts from the liquid-resin printer had significantly decreased survival rates, with more than half of the embryos dead by day three and all dead by day seven. And of the few zebrafish embryos that hatched after exposure to parts from the liquid-resin printer, 100 percent of the hatchlings had developmental abnormalities."
So ... bad news for all the geeks that 3D printed their beverage cups ?
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They are not too likely to reproduce anyway.
You must be new here. No it can't.
You can purchase food grade PLA for 3D printing however.
Hey now, lets not resort to cannibalism here! What'd I ever do to you???
I'm looking for two things: clarification of his sentence structure, and more detailed documentation on the birth defects he's talking about - exposure values, developmental windows during exposure, type of defects, as much data as he can cite.
I have a wife who is seven months pregnant and a 3D printer that mostly runs ABS. You do the math about why I'm digging for detailed info.
Keep your parts away from that woman!
I do believe we've already established, in several ways, that it's a bit late for that...