3D printers could pose a serious risk to your health due to dangerous emissions that linger when these devices are used in a typical office, classroom or home environment which isn’t suitably ventilated.

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This is according to a new study examining VOC (volatile organic compound) emissions from 3D printers, authored by scientists from UL (Underwriters Laboratories) and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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This report examined fused filament fabrication (FFF) printers, the most common type of devices used by consumers, and in offices along with schools or colleges, finding that 3D printing creates a large number of VOCs – with 216 chemicals detected, no less.

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Carcinogens and potential toxicity

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The worse news is that many of those emissions are irritants, which can have carcinogenic properties, and indeed “reproductive toxicity potentials” the authors warn. Exactly what chemicals are emitted is down to the precise filament parameters […]

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