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From: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman)
Newsgroups: net.med,net.cse,net.periphs
Subject: HELP! Need to show VDTs not dangerous to pregnant women
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Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 13:58:47 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 27 13:58:47 1985
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Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
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Summary: Pregnant students objecting to taking compulsory 8-hour CAI course

We are just in the final stages of setting up a course on
Accounting in the Law Office, taught by CAI, as part of the
Ontario Bar Admission Course.  Our students were informed
today of the details. The course takes about 5-8 hours on-line
(plus a few hours of workbook work away from the terminal).
We have over 1,000 students who must take the course in December
and January.  The exam, which will be available in February,
will be 1.5 hours and also taken on-line.

All access is through standard ASCII terminals (Esprit
Executive 10/102s, which are VT-100 emulators; they
draw about 50 watts each).

Some students in the course who are pregnant are now objecting
that they do not want to use a video display terminal, because
they believe it is dangerous and related to birth defects.
I would like to convince them that this is not the case,
particularly when we're talking about an exposure of 7-10 hours
over three months.

I recall this being discussed on the net some time ago.
Does anyone have data or reports they can mail me or point me to,
which can help allay these students' fears?  Any quick replies
would be greatly appreciated.

David Sherman  (my wife's pregnant, and *she* still logs in)
The Law Society of Upper Canada
Osgoode Hall
Toronto, Canada  M5H 2N6
(416) 947-3466