Workers in factories that make flat screen televisions could suffer long-term health damage, say scientists.

“A healthy 30-year-old man developed a serious lung disease after being exposed to a type of metal oxide used to coat the screens.

Doctors at Toranomon Hospital in Tokyo found tiny deposits of the compound in the man’s lungs, according to a report in the European Respiratory Journal.

But British consumers have been assured buying the televisions poses no risk. “

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