The other suspicious quality of the article is they appeal to your emotions by pointing out it was found in a computer in a childrens science museum. However, they don't point out the children were perfectly safe as usually in a science exhibit the computer itself would be protected well away from prying hands and the children at the most only had access to the keyboard and the mouse.

At 10:08 AM 6/7/04, you wrote:
My take on this is that dust when it settles in a computer or on a monitor, is
absorbing the chemicals.  Then if you stir it up, it can be airborne and get
breathed in.  I see no way those chemiacls could form a dust on their own.

Marshall

David Bearrow wrote:

> I agree, it does not make sense. In fact I have trouble keeping dust OUT of
> my computer. It acts like a vacuum cleaner. The fans suck air in. I have to
> vacuum the dust out about 3 times a year.
>
> At 10:57 AM 6/6/04, you wrote:
> >My intuitive BS meters are flickering.  Nothing rational, but it just does
> >not seem right. Look inside an old computer. It is covered with a film of
> >dust, and sometimes grease from cooking.  How does the alleged toxic dust
> >get out of the computer?  Perhaps during its very initial use.  Why can't
> >the stuff be blown out with a bit of compressed air after construction?  I
> >can see fiberglass outgassing, and some of the insulation components, too,
> >but you probably get a much more massive dose from walking into a Wal-Mart.
>
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