Does sitting too close to a photocopy machine can cause health problem such as radiation?

Question

What are the consequences of sitting beside a photocopy machine besides getting the heat.

Answer 1

many photocopiers produce ozone, which is not good for you or the environment.

radiation is not a problem from photocopiers. they emit low levels of UV light (so don't run it with the lid open), but nothing stronger than sunlight.

Answer 2

Photocopy machines use only visible light, so there's absolutely no danger from radiation, even if you copy your face. If you can smell a kind of metallic odor, that's probably ozone, which is not good for you.

Answer 3

I have heard that photo copy machines do give off excess radiation. Unless you sit by the machine constantly, i wouldn't worry too much about the radiation posioning. However, i wouldn't recomed photo copying your face or anything like that. If you feel uncomfortable, i would just simply sit further away.

Answer 4

Not any more than everything else causes - Wifi usually broadcasts at 2.4Ghz, the same frequency used by many cordless phones, baby monitors, some walkie talkies, wireless speakers, etc. Wifi is just a bunch of radio signals used for communications, it's no more harmful than being near someone using a cell phone, and as far as I am aware, no one has ever died from secondhand cell phone.

Answer 5

Nah, nothing really to worry about in a photocopy machine.

Answer 6

Yes, one of my really good friends died from radiation caused by a copier. It gave her a brain tumor and the family sued Kinkos.

Answer 7

Are you a blonde?? There is no radio active material in a copy machine!

Answer 8

No, it is just fluorescent light shining on the paper and heat baking the ink.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

no, not unless its malfunctioning.