Attack of the deadly printers: Researcher fires back

In the latest news in what's set to become an ongoing story, the authors of that controversial killer laser printers study are firing back at HP, after the company attempted to debunk the researchers' findings. Lidia Morawska, head of the project at Australia's Queensland University of Technology, told the Sydney Morning Herald that many of HP's counterclaims were simply inaccurate. According to Morawska, there exists "considerable toxicological evidence of potential detrimental effects of ultra-fine particles on human health," such that the European Commission has stepped in to regulate the emission of such particles in motor vehicles. Furthermore, Morawska elaborates on the study's findings pointing out that many of the laser printers tested didn't emit any such ultra-tiny particles--a fact that seems to debunk HP's claim that such particles "...cannot be accurately characterized by analytical technology." At this point, it's pretty much the brainiacs' word against HP's, though it can be expected that some regulatory body (*cough*European Commission*cough*) will see fit to conduct an investigation soon enough.

For more on the ongoing saga of the deadly printers:
- see this article from the Sydney Morning Herald