Re: Is monitor radiation slowly cooking me?

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.