Is there an association between Occupational Asthma and photocopiers ?
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I am a specialist registrar in Public Health. The question of an association of occupational asthma and expoure to photocopiers came up in a discussion.
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Yes, but not well established. The original concerns were about ozone formation which seems not to be a problem with modern photocopiers, however there are a few documented cases (unpublished as far as I know) of asthma caused by exposure to rooms with photocopiers, and not present in the same room when the photocopiers are not working. The adhesives which bind the inks to the paper are a possible cause (?mainly acrylates)
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