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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Harmful effects of CRT usage?
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Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 16:59:37 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 10 16:59:37 1985
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> The following question is being asked on behalf of a nameless friend of
> mine. She would like to know if there is any real evidence that use of
> CRTs while pregnant can cause birth defects. Several articles have
> appeared in computer journals indicating that this might be true.
> She wanted to know if anyone had seen these articles and remembered
> where they had seen them.
> 
Well, it has been found that users of terminals connected to VMS machines
while pregnant have born children with severe mental retardation :-)