Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!bbn!aoa!carl From: carl@aoa.UUCP (Carl Witthoft) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Ott Computer Safety Light Keywords: Magntic Fields, Blood, Eye Strain, Radiation Message-ID: <931@aoa.UUCP> Date: 15 Sep 89 13:20:10 GMT References: <15388@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <2979@ur-cc.UUCP> <1589@draken.nada.kth.se> <11557@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Reply-To: carl@aoa (Carl Witthoft) Organization: Adaptive Optics assoc., Cambridge, Ma Lines: 15 In article <11557@boulder.Colorado.EDU> pratt@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Jonathan Pratt) writes: >In article <1589@draken.nada.kth.se> h+@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes: >I was under the impression that most glass is opaque to UV. Is there any >reason the glass used in CRTs wouldn't have this property? Well, to cross the bounds of newsgroups :=), COnsumer Reports did a pretty detailed article on UV and glass and plastic last spring. Granted it was w.r.t. sunglasses, but go check it out anyway. x x -- Alix' Dad ( Carl Witthoft @ Adaptive Optics Associates) {harvard,ima}!bbn!aoa!carl 54 CambridgePark Drive, Cambridge,MA 02140 617-864-0201 "disclaimer? I'm not a doctor, but I do have a Master's Degree in Science!"