Safety
The liquid crystals inside the display are poisonous and must not be ingested or brought into contact with the skin. Spills from a cracked display should be washed off immediately with soap and water. However some modern displays use materials that are generally non-toxic.
The leading manufacturer of liquid crystal materials for display applications states as follows:Merck KGaA has committed itself to not introduce into the market liquid crystal materials which are either acutely toxic or mutagenic.
The complete report Toxicological and Ecotoxicological Investigations of Liquid Crystals; Disposal of LCDs is available from Merck KGaA
The CCFL backlights used in many LCD monitors contain mercury, which is toxic. Especially when hot and broken during use.
Read more about this topic: TFT LCD
Famous quotes containing the word safety:
“Love no man in good earnest, nor no further in sport
neither, than with safety of a pure blush thou mayst in
honor come off again.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people’s safety and greatness.”
—Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)
“For hours, in fall days, I watched the ducks cunningly tack and veer and hold the middle of the pond, far from the sportsman;... but what beside safety they got by sailing in the middle of Walden I do not know, unless they love its water for the same reason that I do.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)