Re: Is monitor radiation slowly cooking me?

The presence of an odor does not necessarily indicate the presence of a
hazard.

The absence of an odor does not necessarily indicate the absence of a
hazard.




"John Michael Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hi John B.
>
> You may indeed have a toxicity problem.
>
> "JohnB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > 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
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> > > 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