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From: BARRETT@owl.ecil.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: ELF (Extremely Low Frequency) Radiation
Message-ID: <25708@snow-white.udel.EDU>
Date: 26 Jul 90 13:20:21 GMT
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   What kinds of monitors does Commodore sell in Sweden?  Are they in
any way different from the monitors that Commodore sells elsewhere in
Europe, or in the world?

   The reason that I ask this is that, about a couple of months ago,
MacWorld raised questions in the U.S. computer industry about the hazards
of ELF (Extremely Low Frequency) radiation from computer monitors.
Monitors sold in the U.S. by several manufacturers (Apple, IBM, and
NEC) have been tested, and have found to be producing rather high
levels of ELF radiation.  Commodore monitors have not been tested, but
I suspect that they are probably on par with those by IBM and Apple
in the levels of ELF radiation that they produce.

   It turns out that Sweden has the strictest laws in the world governing
the levels of ELF radiation that a computer monitor can produce.  Since
Commodore does sell Amigas (and thus Amiga monitors) in Sweden, and must
comply with Swedish laws, that got me thinking.  It would be nice if
Commodore could sell these same monitors (especially the version of the
1950 conforming to Swedish laws) in the U.S. with a label specificly
stating that it is a 'LOW ELF' monitor.  This could also raise publicity
for Commodore, by being one of the first of the major U.S. computer
companies to market a LOW ELF monitor in the U.S.


                                -MB-