From: utzoo!decvax!minow
Newsgroups: net.med
Title: Re: VDTs and Pregnancy - again - (nf)
Article-I.D.: decvax.433
Posted: Wed Mar 16 18:47:30 1983
Received: Wed Mar 23 02:34:56 1983
References: ubc-medg.118

All of the studies I've read -- including several in Swedish --
concluded that VDT's did not generate any "dangerous radiation"
(either ultra-violet or X-ray).  (Studies were done by the
Swedish Work Safety Board and published in
	OEstberg, O, "Display terminals aren't dangerous"
	Arbetsmiljoe 1, 1976.  (In Swedish)

There are other possible problems, however.  One, noted by Norwegian
researchers, is that static electricity buildup may cause airborne
dust particles to settle on workers' skin, possibly causing excema.

Stress is probably the most likely cause of "terminal-related"
sicknesses.  One reason programmers are less likely to have problems
is that they have more control of their work:  a data-entry
operator often has production goals (so and so many thousand
keystrokes per hour) and may not have any social contact
during work periods.

It goes without saying that stress is not good for pregnant women
(or anybody else, for that matter).

Martin Minow
decvax!minow