A couple of studies have so far been performed to determine the potential dangers of 3D printing plastic, both involving the inhalation of particles of ABS and PLA. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have added to the research, getting into the toxicity of the material on actual organic cells, using zebrafish embryos.
When graduate student Shirin Mesbah Oskui began studying zebrafish embryos with a 3D printer in UC assistant professor William Grover’s lab, she saw that the embryos were dying off at rapid rates when exposed to 3D printed parts, leading her and Grover to studying the potential toxicity of 3D printed parts.…
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