I've stumbled upon this amazing study published by taulman on instructables.com regarding safety of common 3d printing materials, namely ABS and nylon (and trimmer line!) as far as releasing outright toxic CO and HCN gases. The testing setup seems watertight to me, so I'd say the results are credible.
Long story short:
I was able to find this link on the wiki, but it's only mentioned once on the forum in a comment deep inside a discussion on some unrelated topic, so I guess it worth bringing it to everyone's attention -- hope it doesn't violate any rules
Long story short:
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Based on our measurements using the world Safety Authorities (OSHA NIOSH ACGIH) Limits, 3D Printing is safe.
There was NO measured HCN from "3D Printing ABS" based materials at specified temperatures.
There was NO measured HCN from "3D Printing Nylon" based material at specified temperatures.
There was 0.1ppm of HCN while printing with a "Non-3D Printing" material (Trimmer Line)
I was able to find this link on the wiki, but it's only mentioned once on the forum in a comment deep inside a discussion on some unrelated topic, so I guess it worth bringing it to everyone's attention -- hope it doesn't violate any rules
