Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Harmful effects of CRT usage? Message-ID: <11463@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 16:59:37 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.11463 Posted: Wed Jul 10 16:59:37 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 04:47:26 EDT References: <940@eisx.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 9 > 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 :-)