Re: Is monitor radiation slowly cooking me?

"JohnB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Thanks for all your replies.

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> 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?


So far, all replies have been references to certain established world-wide
standards (UL, FDA, Swedish Health, etc).

Is there any way that you can check for ionizing radiation emission from
your monitor using simple consumer materials? Perhaps a simple test could be
devised, where you place a thickness of some metal (brass, steel) onto a
Polaroid film sheet, and expose this, at the cabinet surface, for several
minutes. After developing, you would look for an image of the metal barrier.

By adjusting the metal type & thickness, and the recommended exposure time,
possibly a good/bad  criteria could be established.


Ed