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Originally Posted by copyboi
How healthy is copy machine toner? If you are breathing it in or get it on your skin can it do any damage to you? I am 49 and have been working at Kinko's for 20 years as a copy guy. I am concerned about the possible long term affects. 
On another note, why do doctors always get upset if their prescription pads are not all nice and neat when we pad them together at a rush request? Some of you medical people are so damn impatient! I gets me so ANGRY!! |
copyboi, you are right to be concerned about the effect of copy machine toner on the human body. Especially after twenty years of exposure. Integumentary contact with toner is fairly harmless unless you lick the exposed area. Inhaling the stuff, though, is a whole other ballgame. Studies conducted at Harvard Medical School have concluded that inhalation of toner fumes over just a 6 month period will, in 99.95% of cases result in severe brain damage with an average IQ loss of 34 points. Also shrinking of the male genitalia will most certainly take place as well as gynemastia, which means your boobies will grow like a girl's. Heaven only knows what's happened to your body over 20 years
. I suggest you contact an attorney for possible legal action, though.
As for the script pads...physicians are very, um, anal about their prescription pads being nice and neat and always facing the same way because the CMS (Ceter for Medicare/Medicaid Services) does audits of their offices twice a year and one of the things they look for are orderly prescription pads. Failure to comply can result in a fine and loss of payment for the Medicaid/Medicare patients the patient sees.
Good luck with everything; I hope you lose the boobs and your penis grows!
