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From: kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
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Subject: Re: GAS PLASMA SCREENS!!
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Date: 12 Apr 90 15:39:40 GMT
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In article <26226d66.1467@petunia.CalPoly.EDU>,
>jdudeck@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (John R. Dudeck) writes:

>CRT's DO NOT emit any radiation other than visible light!

Bzzzzzzt! Wrong!  If CRTs don't emit any radiation, then please explain:

1.  Why pregnant women who work in front of CRTs have a statistically higher
    chance of miscarriage than pregnant women who don't work in front of
    CRTs.

2.  Why the Scandinavian countries *require* CRTs with additional shielding
    to reduce the emission of electro-magnetic radiation.

3.  Not really germain to the subject, but why do families who live near
    high tension (voltage) power lines have a statistically higher rate of
    cancer, miscarriage, learning disabilities, and other maladies.  In fact
    so much higher, that in many countries, housing may not be built anywhere
    near such power lines.

This sounds like the age old dillusion; If you can't see it, it must not exist.
Probably tens of thousands of people in the not too distant past suffered from
horrible maladies, because they could not see things like X-rays or gamma rays.
X-rays were used as party gimmicks around the turn of the century, everyone
at a party would stand for an X-ray picture, during which the room would be
flooded with high energy X-rays.  Factory workers at Curie's factory outside
of Pittsburgh, PA.  routinely took home used bricks and other building
materials which had been exposed to radioactivity; to use in their own homes,
exposing themselves and their families to long term, low level, radiation
doses.

I know, this isn't really the appropriate arena for this topic, but we must
fight ignorance wherever it exists.  If you must, flame me by email so that
the rest of the world won't be subjected to it.

kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov            Jet Propeller Labs
Kaleb Keithley

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