Holy smokes Forbes provides a painful reading experience.<p>Here&#x27;s a post about the same study from the American Chemical Society -- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;cen.acs.org&#x2F;articles&#x2F;93&#x2F;web&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;3-D-Printed-Parts-Leach.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;cen.acs.org&#x2F;articles&#x2F;93&#x2F;web&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;3-D-Printed-Parts...</a><p>tl;dr, the study found the stereolithography printing[0] method to be harmful, and less so for fused deposition modeling[1].<p>Many of the 3d printers you&#x27;ll find around community-level makerspaces employ fused deposition modeling (those that melt plastic filament, as opposed to those that use liquid plastic).<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.livescience.com&#x2F;38190-stereolithography.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.livescience.com&#x2F;38190-stereolithography.html</a>
[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fused_deposition_modeling" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fused_deposition_modeling</a>