Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!dartvax!earleh From: earleh@dartvax.UUCP (Earle R. Horton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Screens hurt eyes Message-ID: <6752@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Jul-87 20:34:37 EDT Article-I.D.: dartvax.6752 Posted: Fri Jul 24 20:34:37 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jul-87 02:08:46 EDT References: <1767@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Organization: unorganized Lines: 19 Keywords: screens, screen, hurt, eyes Summary: ultra violet In article <1767@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, dyckman@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Howard L. Dyckman) writes: > My eyes have been hurt by some recent Macintosh screens (SE, Plus). > Symptoms include sensitivity to light, dryness, grittiness under > the eyelids, soreness. A brief exposure produced only soreness. > These symptoms are identical to those produced by over-exposure to ultra violet light. They can be duplicated by spending a day in the mountains without one's sunglasses. If you obtain a pair of sunglasses with * glass * lenses, this may provide some relief. They don't have to be dark, just glass. I am not a medical person, but I seem to recall hearing somewhere that ultra violet light can cause permanent damage to living tissue. Doesn't sound like a real healthy situation. -- ********************************************************************* *Earle R. Horton, H.B. 8000, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 * *********************************************************************