Subject:  Are laptops and LCD displays safe? (xxxxx)..
Date:     Sun, 7 May 2000 223947 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" 
To:       emfguru 
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....... ALL OF US have questioned that are unanswered.....
There are many more questions than answers about the possible health
effects of EMF/EMR......!!!

Stay with us awhile, carefully check out what you hear here....
Check out guru's website ... and others you will soon become aware of....

Do not expect that you will end up with precise "black and white, right
or wrong" answers.....   That is not the present state of the knowledge
on this subject -- but, if you follow most of the advice you will learn
here, I believe that you can achieve peace of mind about most of your
questions.....

Cheerio.....

Roy Beavers (EMFguru)
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.....It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.....
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Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 20:39:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: 
To: emfguru 
Subject: Are laptops and LCD displays safe?

Hi all,

I'm new to this list and I'll let you know why I'm here. Frankly, I'm
concerned about the all the radiation in my apartment. I live on the top
floor of an apartment building in a bachelor. Along with many appliances I
have an old Mac computer with an old colour monitor and a vey old RCA TV
that I've recently noticed keeps glowing in certain spots on the screen
after it is turned off (this can't be good!). Oh yes...and I also should
mention that I live directly under the mechanical room or main exhaust
system of the building which I figure... also can't be good!

I only became concerned about all the emf around me when I began shopping
for a new computer and I had asked the salesperson if monitors these days
are considered safe. To my surprise he answered "no" and  began to explain
to me how they operate. I was baffled and surprised at how honest this
salesperson seemed to be. Surely he didn't think I was going to purchase a
whole new computer system with one of these new flat panel displays that
would cost thousands when I had initially told him I was only interested in
an i-mac...now did he?

I became very discouraged when I began trying to find out from the internet
whether VDTs are safe. At first I read all this stuff about how all of
these official organizations support the use of VDTs because research has
not proved that they're a health hazard. But this didn't sit well with
me...afterall...research hasn't proved that they're safe either. Then I
began to read stuff by less biased individuals who wrote that there could
possibly be a health hazard ...and today I finally discovered an article on
wireless technolgy by Charles Moore of Macopinion that made me see the
light...or in other words, avoid the light ...where VDTs are concerned.

But I still have questions left unanswered even after spending hours and
hours on the internet and hopefully you people may be able to help me.

I've been having a really difficult time trying to figure out if the new
flat panel displays are actually safe. Are they any safer than the
low-emissions cathode ray type displays? By the way, I actually called
Apple to find out if their VDTs adhere to the Swedish standard for low
radiation emissions and in response I was e-mailed a tech file titled
"Apple Does Not Release ELF Radiation Information". I was really put off by
this. Are all computer companies like this? I've heard that IBM actually
has low-emisson VDTs...

I don't understand why the articles I've read on the internet suggest
laptops as being a safe alternative to VDTs while in the same articles such
appliances as televisions, VDTs, hair dryers, dial-face electric clocks are
mentioned as being potential health hazards. I mean, even if the display of
a laptop is safe, doesn't the fact that your hands (and therefore entire
body) being much closer to the actual body of the computer present a health
risk???

I've also been wondering if larger screen VDTs produce more or stronger
emissions than the smaller ones. I mean wouldn't you have to sit further
back from a larger monitor?  I've read conflicting views on this and to say
the least...I'm frustrated. I also need to purchase a new TV for my limited
space and feel that although I would like to get a larger screen...a
smaller one would be safer ...am I right? And how far are you supposed to
sit from a TV anyway???

I would truly appreciate any info or advise as I would love to make a
decision soon as to what to purchase so that I may get rid of both my old
computer monitior and TV.

Thanks,







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