The hugely popular gaming activities bring users into contact with computers, monitors, keyboards, mice, headsets, gaming chairs, etc. All of these emit chemicals that can potentially contribute to adverse health effects.
In the survey of gaming equipment, the Danish Technological Institute analysed substance emissions from the equipment to the indoor climate, and DHI assessed the risk of exposure to the substances. Measurements of the indoor climate have been carried out in private homes, schools and an internet café.
Gaming chairs emit formaldehyde
Although the purchased gaming equipment emits a wide range of chemicals to the indoor air, only gaming chairs were of real concern. Chairs emitted the most substances, including formaldehyde which irritates the eyes and respiratory tract. The chairs may therefore pose a health risk when inhaling emitted substances.
See more details in the report Survey and risk assessment of chemicals from gaming equipment
Legislation in the pipeline
There are no safety requirements concerning emission of formaldehyde from gaming chairs, but new EU rules are being prepared concerning general limit values for formaldehyde in consumer products.
For information about emission of chemical substances, please contact:
Poul Bo Larsen
pbl@dhigroup.com
Tel +45 4516 9478
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