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Article #917Re: Radiation from the Mac screens?
From: Kevin Dooley
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1989 18:36
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1989 18:36
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In article <837@helios.toronto.edu> I write:
> ...There is a fair
>amount of radio frequency radiation (non-ionizing, very very low energy)
>coming from a computer monitor. Many people have claimed that prolonged
>exposure to rf radiation can be a health risk, although there is no
>evidence to support this claim.
I should perhaps add to this statement by saying that there is
no simple device that you could attach to your monitor to filter out
rf radiation (you'd have to seal the whole thing in a copper lined room
and leave the building if you wanted to make any real difference).
In my previous article I said that there is no significant x-ray
radiation coming from a video display terminal. So let me just
reiterate that anybody who wants to sell you a radiation filter
that will make your monitor safer probably has some nice property
in Florida for sale as well ;->.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!radio.astro!helios!dooley From: dooley@helios.toronto.edu (Kevin Dooley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Radiation from the Mac screens? Keywords: radiation, protection Message-ID: <838@helios.toronto.edu> Date: 3 Jul 89 18:36:11 GMT References: <134@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <4400004@macknife> <29836@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1509@bucket.UUCP> <837@helios.toronto.edu> Reply-To: dooley@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Kevin Dooley) Distribution: comp.sys.mac, sci.physics Organization: University of Toronto Physics/Astronomy/CITA Lines: 22