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Re: Eye strain among programmers

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From: Boniface Lau
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 23:49
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>>>>> On 23 Aug 92 18:19:49 GMT, tower@raisin-nut.ai.mit.edu (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) said:

Leonard> In article <tertium.714333371@milton> tertium@milton.u.washington.edu (l boyd) writes:
Leonard> |Anyone els have a problem with eye strain?  A few weeks ago,
Leonard> |a light went out in my office, which, btw, is a 10x10 former
Leonard> |closet with *8* flourescent lights in the office.

Leonard> Turn the fluorescent off.

Many people, myself included, found working under fluorescent light
gives eye strain and headache. However, none of the architectural
lighting books mention this about fluorescent light.

Does anyone have a medical explanation on why fluorescent light gives
headache? 
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Boniface Lau    (613) 592-2122 ext. 3042    Boniface_Lau@Mitel.COM
Mitel Corp.  				    
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Ontario, Canada, K2K 1X3
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