3D printing safety and sustainability

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Printing produces fumes, fine particles and chemical waste, and resin adds skin and eye hazards on top. None of it is a reason to stop printing — it is a reason to set the room up once, properly, and to know what to do with what you cannot print with.

• ABS fumes: ventilation and filtrationWhat actually reduces exposure at home, and what only looks like it does.
• Resin printer ventilationSetups that genuinely cut fumes, compared with the ones that do not.
• Disposing of resin and used IPACuring waste and getting rid of solvent without pouring it away.
• Choosing a fume extraction systemWhat to look for if you are buying rather than building.