Are refill inks toxic

[Alexey]

if you get some refill printer ink on your skin, or, say, mouth, is it toxic? Is dye ink more toxic than pigment or vice versa? Can ink be toxic once dry, on paper?

 

[jpegman]

Never heard of any ink being toxic on skin (OEM or 3rd party)! Don't know about ingesting or toxicity of dried ink on Paper.

You thinking about drinking ink or eating your prints LOL

Jpegman

 

[NAwlins Contrarian]

if you get some refill printer ink on your skin, or, say, mouth, is it toxic? Is dye ink more toxic than pigment or vice versa? Can ink be toxic once dry, on paper?

Perhaps you're heard the famous maxim of toxicology, "The dose makes the poison." Breathe nitrogen at 780,000 ppm and you'll be fine. Breathe in nitrogen at 1,000,000 ppm and you'll soon die.

I can't as readily cite you to refill inks, but Canon has web-based MSDS downloading (https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/...ronment-sustainability-initiatives/sds-search). E.g., the one for the photo back for the Pro-10, using Lucia pigment ink, is at http://downloads.canon.com/MSDS/ICW0775.pdf. It sounds pretty harmless to me. And the one for the corresponding ChromaLife 100+ dye ink for the Pro-100 is at http://downloads.canon.com/MSDS/ICW0754.pdf. Again, seems fairly harmless.

Now check Epson's at https://epson.com/Support/sds. The photo black pigment ink for the P600 is at https://files.support.epson.com/pdf/msds/t760120.pdf. Likewise, not too worried. And then for the XP-15000, we have this one: https://files.support.epson.com/pdf/msds/t3/t3121_en_10.pdf. Again, looks pretty harmless.

And if what you read in those MSDSes worries you, go read the MSDS for dihydrogen monoxide (e.g., there's one at http://dhmo.org/msdsdhmo.html), and then go read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrogen_monoxide_parody.

 

[mike earussi]

And if what you read in those MSDSes worries you, go read the MSDS for dihydrogen monoxide (e.g., there's one at http://dhmo.org/msdsdhmo.html), and then go read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrogen_monoxide_parody.

Hey, you gotta be careful with that stuff. It will kill you if you breath it.

 

[Alexey]

You thinking about drinking ink or eating your prints LOL?

Encapsulated inks go down so smoothly! And make one feel like an artwork inside.

 

[jrkliny]

I would guess the State of California "knows" they contain ingredients that cause cancer. I always wonder how much the tax payers in California pay for this knowledge.

 

[NAwlins Contrarian]

I would guess the State of California "knows" they contain ingredients that cause cancer. I always wonder how much the tax payers in California pay for this knowledge.

'Know' and 'cause' are deceptively simple words. IMO anyone interested in these issues, especially as they relate to health (but also as they relate to any science), ought to start by reading an excellent editorial by Richard Horton, editor of the British medical journal The Lancet, at https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60696-1/fulltext (don't be scared away by the title, "What is medicine's 5 sigma?").

In many cases, some claim something is 'known' based on evidence that is uncorroborated, simplistic, and/or otherwise unreliable.

And in many cases, some claim that A causes B in a worthlessly simplistic way. What if A increases the incidence of disease B by 20%--is that significant? Well if the increase is from 5 in 1,000,000 to 6 in 1,000,000, then probably not. If it's from 5 in 100 to 6 in 100, maybe so (depending on how serious disease B is). And if a study shows that A increases 10x the risk of disease B, the potential problem of the study having failed to account for some confounding cause and/or just the luck of the draw among the people studied is much less than if the study shows that A increases 1.2x the risk of disease B.

 

[jrkliny]

NAwlins Contrarian wrote:......

'Know' and 'cause' are deceptively simple words.........

Apparently you did not recognize my attempt at humor. You can check labeling required by the State of California. Many substances are "known" by the State of California to cause cancer.

I cannot imagine any concern about the toxicity of printer inks, especially with the small volumes and packaging involved.

 

[NAwlins Contrarian]

'Know' and 'cause' are deceptively simple words.........

Apparently you did not recognize my attempt at humor. You can check labeling required by the State of California. Many substances are "known" by the State of California to cause cancer.

I cannot imagine any concern about the toxicity of printer inks, especially with the small volumes and packaging involved.

No, I got your humor!

Unfortunately, there is a serious dose of nonsense behind the humor.