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Article #4408Re: Ott Computer Safety Light
From: Jon W{tte
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1989 13:31
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1989 13:31
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In article <1589@draken.nada.kth.se> h+@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:
>You ARE aware that recent research indicates that it's the UV from CRTs
>that hurt the eyes the most (can cause blindness, and a disease that I
In article <11557@boulder.Colorado.EDU> pratt@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Jonathan Pratt) writes:
>I was under the impression that most glass is opaque to UV. Is there any
>reason the glass used in CRTs wouldn't have this property?
Not opaque, but it reduces UV, especially UVB and UVC (which we don't
see much of down here below the ozone layer... :-)
UVA goes through though (think of solariums...) so a pair of Ray Bans in
front of the mac isn't that wasted. And it looks cool :-)
h+@nada.kth.se
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From: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Ott Computer Safety Light
Keywords: Magntic Fields, Blood, Eye Strain, Radiation
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Date: 12 Sep 89 13:31:26 GMT
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