Re: Is monitor radiation slowly cooking me?

Off-brand or on-brand, if it is marketed in the US it is required to go
through design review that is registered with the FDA.  If it has not been
registered, and is an import, US Customs won't let it into the country.
Part of the required process includes testing of each day's production to
ensure emissions are as low as they should be.

You might ask the manufacturer for the FDA Accession number of the monitor.
Most retailers and distributors won't know anything about that.  But the
number is the confirmation that the product family has been registered with
the FDA.

-- 
Peter Zavon, CIH
Penfield, NY 14526

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"JohnB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Thanks for all your replies.
>
> "Peter Zavon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > The short answer to your question posed in the subject line is "No."
>
> > X-rays can also come off those tubes, but are readily limited by
> > proper design - and proper design must be demonstrated before they can
be
> > sold in the US and most other countries.  The US FDA regulates radiation
> > emissions from any product offered for sale in the US.
>
> I have read elsewhere, as well, that X-rays are eliminated by shielding.
> Okay, that's understandable.
> I think my concern is that the off-brand monitors I've been buying might
be
> skirting some of these conventions.  I've never opened one up to look, but
> I'm not sure I'd know what to look for, even if I did.  I mean, the shield
> can't be too obvious, or it would block the visible light desired for
> viewing.  Besides, all this stuff might be inside the CRT itself; I'm not
> about to crack one of THOSE open!
>
> So what assurances might I obtain that Brand-X is shielding its customers
> from X-rays?
> Why isn't there some kind of stamp of approval?
> IS THERE such a stamp on expensive brands, like Sony?  I've never
looked...I
> suppose I should have.
>
> Based on some of the stories I've read about government inspection of
> products that can harm the public, I'm aprehensive that a scoflaw company
> might find a loophole big enough to float a ship through.
>
> I have similar aprehensions about buying brightly painted dinner plates
that
> are manufactured off-shore.  Who says the heavy metals used for the pretty
> colors won't leech into the food?
>
>
> > "JohnB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > For years, I have been in the habit of buying Envision computer
monitors
> > > from Fry's Electronics, in southern California.  I just bought a new
19"
> > > flat screen version.
> > >
> > > They seem to work fine, and the pricing is always low.  They are made
in
> > > China.
>
>