Re: Is monitor radiation slowly cooking me?

Hi John B.

You may indeed have a toxicity problem.

"JohnB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Thanks for your reply, Bob.  (And thanks to all who replied!) The new
> monitor is a huge and heavy 19" CRT with a "flat screen."  Thus, any
> curvature of the viewing surface is seemingly absent.  We have a big desk
> for this monster to sit on, so space is not at a premium.
> The tube generates a lot of heat, so much so that the tube stinks up the
> large room it lies in.  
> It's an excessive amount of the usually-pleasant
> electronic smell from new equipment.  I'm sure it will abate in a couple of
> days, as the tube "burns in."

If it smells like baking epoxy, it probably is!
You may be smelling volatile fractions of the plastics
or curing agents used in the monitor, probably 
in the circuit boards.

I suggest NOT USING the monitor until you have
left it on for a few days in front of a fan,
which you would want to be blowing 
air to the outside.

The monitor may have been delivered to the retailer 
"half-baked", and the smell may indicate toxic or 
carcinogenic organic products.  Don't use it
until you can't smell it any more!

Tell the retailer.  You might also send a
message to FDA about it.

> Meanwhile, I will probably worry more about my electric bill than my kids'
> eyeballs.  They sit 2 or 3 feet away.
> The viewing is nice, by the way.
> John
> 
> "H. R. Bob Hofmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > The poster said flat screen - Did your mean a crt monitor with a flat
> > screen, or did you mean a LCD flat-screen display?  Either way,
> > radiation is not a problem unless you sit with your eyeballs 6 inches
> > from the display surface.
> >
> > H. R. (Bob) Hofmann

                         John
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                     John Michael Williams