Has anyone had this issue? There is a fine white powder (no coke jokes) covering anything plastic in my apartment. It's coming from my iMac, I discovered yesterday. For 6 months this mysterious powder has been in my abode, probably in my lungs, too.

Has anyone had this issue? There is a strange fine white powder covering anything plastic in my apartment. It's coming from my iMac. It's a year and a half old (out of warranty). After 6 months of trying to figure this out, I found out yesterday when my local Apple Sore offered to fix it for $700. I want to know how toxic this powder is, since I've been breathing it for 6 months. A carcinogen I'll bet.

If an Apple employee (repair tech) doesn't know what it is.............
Suggest that you do a Google search for the "guts" of your model/generation iMac.  See what the "guts" are made of and post back your findings. 
We are just ordinary users like yourself that help out here.  I for one, would be very interested to know if your iMac has a "monkey on it's back."
Sorry, I couldn't resist.

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