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