From: anonymous@freenet.buffalo.edu
Subject: Television
Posted-By: xx102 (Eye Clinic Moderator)
Organization: Organization For Community Networks
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 1994 03:01:27 GMT
Newsgroups: ofcn.clinic.eye-doctor

As a layman, i ask for some data or other finding about the danger of sitting too close to a television screen.

Answered by Richard E. Gans, M.D. (xx102@ofcn.org)

At present, I am not aware of any conclusive evidence that suggests that sitting too close to a TV poses a health risk. The only exception to this relates to color televisions produced before 1970. Some of these sets have been found to emit radiation in excess of current guidelines.

   
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