Do photocopiers present a health hazard 2 the person making the photocopies (& possibly those around him/her)?

Question

I sometimes have to photocopy tons of pages from books, and so it's a pain to lift the top of the photocopier up every time i process a page just so I can turn the page and do the same thing. So I just hold the book down with my hands, often staring at the green light which is emitted from the machine's lamp.

Is that light hazardous? It's hard to imagine it is because:
1) I've seen the people at photocopy stores doing it
2) If it was hazardous, it would have signs everywhere on it and there would be regulation about how to use it
3) SO FAR, I'm ok!!

Thanks (please don't post if you're just answering based on your intuition ... INTUITION AND self-derived deductive logic NOT WELCOME!!!!).

Answer 1

You seem to have answered your own question...

"Is that light hazardous? It's hard to imagine it is because:
1) I've seen the people at photocopy stores doing it
2) If it was hazardous, it would have signs everywhere on it and there would be regulation about how to use it
3) SO FAR, I'm ok!!"

Answer 2

It used to be dangerous to the eyes when photocopiers used the bright white light, but now they use the green light there is no such risk.