Relatively cheap but
extremely useful, 3D printing can produce almost everything from toys to real
implants. However, new research shows the technology may have a dark side, as
some materials used in the process have been found to be toxic to some fish. The Environmental Science
and Technology Letters journal has published the results of tests carried
out by a group of researchers from the University of California, Riverside,
under the title “Assessing and Reducing the Toxicity of 3D-Printed Parts.”
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Interest
in the safety of materials used in 3D printing was sparked in 2014, when Shirin
Oskui, a graduate student at the University of California, Riverside, used a 3D
printed part in her study of zebrafish embryos that subsequently died.
