> However, I should have remembered to mention the emission limits for > computer monitors, even though the limits seem to have been determined > by undisclosed methods. The prime mover has been Swedish trade unions, > AIUI, and the situation can be illustrated by the fact that extremely > soon after an initial set of limits had been agreed, there was a > demand for limits about ten times more stringent. > > The emissions were said to cause symptoms like headaches, muscle > pains, loss of concentration .... Of course the simple action of > sitting at the keyboard and concentrating intensively on the display > played no part in this; it was the RADIATION!!!!!!! that caused it > all.
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