Computer Hazards and Safety - Artist Resource Computer Safety H ere are some collected responses to the subject of computer hazards. While you read this, take the opportunity to stretch your arms, gently shake your wrists, shrug your shoulders, open the window a crack and breathe deeply.
Some people are highly sensitive to the gasses given off by computers.
The gasses given off by this breakdown are called 'out-gassing' and only occur in small amounts. But when the equipment is new, the out-gassing is much greater and noticeable even to people who aren't particularly sensitive. We all know what a new car smells like. That smell is out-gassing from the vinyl, plastic carpet and hard plastic interiors, as well as the wiring. A new computer has a similar smell.