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Article #1012Re: Radiation from the Mac screens?
From: Howard A. Landman
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 1989 20:00
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 1989 20:00
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In article <837@helios.toronto.edu> dooley@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Kevin Dooley) writes: >If the glass were not enough to >filter out practically everything, then you would probably have to use >lead (which makes reading the old screen kind of difficult). Not really. "Crystal" chandeliers and goblets are made from glass which has a high percentage of lead oxide in it, and they are quite clear. I feel nervous about drinking acid solutions containing metal-binding chelating agents (like red wine) from them, but lead crystal should make decent screen material. Howard A. Landman landman@sun.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!sun-barr!sun!hanami!landman From: landman%hanami@Sun.COM (Howard A. Landman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Radiation from the Mac screens? Keywords: radiation, protection Message-ID: <114032@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 6 Jul 89 20:00:17 GMT References: <134@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <4400004@macknife> <29836@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1509@bucket.UUCP> <837@helios.toronto.edu> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Reply-To: landman@sun.UUCP (Howard A. Landman) Distribution: comp.sys.mac, sci.physics Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 13