Computers bad for you health. - I'm risking my life just typing this. And your risking you life just reading this.
The Vegas Sun is running a report by Rachel Konrad of the AP that informs us that computers and their components are covered in toxic dust particles containing PBDEs, or polybrominated diphenyl, along with other chemicals that act as flame retardants.
Konrad reports:
"Toxic dust" found on computer processors and monitors contains chemicals linked to reproductive and neurological disorders, according to a new study by several environmental groups.
The survey, released Thursday by Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, Computer TakeBack Campaign and Clean Production Action, is among the first to identify brominated flame retardants on the surfaces of common devices in homes and offices.
Dang. If it ain't one thing trying to kill me it's another. Now I'm going to have to start doing all computer work in a clean suit.
