From: utzoo!decvax!microsof!uw-beave!ubc-visi!sfucmpt!lou
Newsgroups: net.general
Title: Re: Pregnancy and Video Terminals
Article-I.D.: sfucmpt.120
Posted: Thu Jan 20 10:06:42 1983
Received: Sat Jan 22 06:47:06 1983


        The story referred to (VDT scare at Surrey Memorial  Hos-
pital)  occurred  sometime  in  mid fall, I think. Testing of the
VDT's for several kinds of radiation emission was carried out  by
an  independent testing agency, with completely negative results.
As far as I can recall, the whole thing was written off as an un-
fortunate statistical coincidence. At the very least, no evidence
was found to implicate emissions from the VDT's as the  cause.  I
don't know if anyone thought of looking at overall working condi-
tions for stress. Unions up here have a tendency toward excessive
militancy,  and  it's  hard to sort out truth from hyperbole when
working conditions are discussed.

						Lou Hafer
						SFU, Burnaby, B.C.
                                                sfucmpt!lou