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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>
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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.

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*Earle R. Horton, H.B. 8000, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755   *
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