My Story
For more than a decade I had been steadily using CRTs, approximately 7 hours a day, at various secretarial jobs I had. First I typed on a huge ancient computer, then later I did data entry on CRTs, followed by typesetting on VariTyper CRT's which had pretty unstable screens. Then in a subsequent job, I used WordPerfect on a Novell CRT-networked system. After that, in the early 90s, I bought my own computer, with DOS, WordPerfect, shareware games and a small-sized CRT. I used it alot. Throughout all these stints, I [seemingly] never had monitor-related problems, though I remember that at my last job, there was a bluish-green-eyed blonde who developed pink eye from working on the terminal so many hours, and she used a green-shaded lamp which seemed to relieve her problems.
Nobody else in the office had that particular problem though. Note my use of the term "seemingly" because I did develop abnormal bleeding and fibromyalgic symptoms at that jobas well as occasional stabbing eye pain. And fluorescence (and chemicals emissions) may well have been the culprits, without my having recognized the connection... to this day, they call it "RSI" - Repetitive Strain Injury - but I now realize it may have been caused by prolonged proximity to the computer monitor, and breathing in the emissions. In fact, John Ott, author, and photobiology type of researcher, noted a link between fluorescence and weakening of muscles. See Sumeria.Net which states:
"Ott contends that another major problem with all gaseous- discharge types of lights, including the mercury vapor and limited- spectrum fluorescent light, is that they emit radiation that grossly weakens muscle strength, affecting both academic achievement and behavior."
2007 UPDATE: I strongly suspect this is the reason behind the Virginia Tech massacre!
Then in '98 I decided it was time to get onto the Net, so I purchased a Compaq Presario system complete with KDS VSX-5 15-inch .28 multimedia CRT, with 13.8" viewable area. I was OK with it sorta, and then I got a free replacement because it began flickering within the warranty period. After using that KDS for awhile, I began noticing health reactions, such as eyes blurring and burning, head-swimming, nauseous and headachy. I also began noticing that my digestive metabolism became "humongous" (I'll dispense with detail...)
So, when that KDS started giving signs of going down south, I put out an S.O.S. on an online tech-support board, explaining my health reactions to the KDS. At the time I'd been informed that this was a metal-related EMF sensitivity issue. (By the way, note too, that some cases of mercury poisoning are also associated with photosensitivity)...
Anyway, on the tech board I explained my health reactions, & asked for a recommendation for an EMF-free monitor. Whereupon a few upper-echelon respondents recommended the Samsung SyncMaster 151s flat-panel LCD as being highly-rated (with low EMF emissions) and definitely worthwhile buying.
As it turned out, they steered me wrong. The SyncMaster is lethal to people with neurological issues, because my health reactions set in with a vengeance! I felt like my body was steadily becoming electrocuted. I suspect that I have neurological issues in common with these two groups:
- Autistics, some of whom are highly sensitive to fluorescents, as they "hear" them "humming", and
- Those with Irlen Syndrome and/or Photosensitive Epileptics. Note that I have Fibromyalgia and I had been diagnosed with an imbalanced sympathetic/parasympathetic nervous system, and with hypersensitive, inflamed, nerve-endings.
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