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- From: dam@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (David Morning)
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: VDU - Very Deadly Units?
- Message-ID: <C1H1KB.LKz@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 17:21:47 GMT
- References: <7437@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> <930126.151442.8O4.rusnews.w165w@mantis.co.uk>
- Organization: Glasgow University Computing Science Dept.
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- mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> writes:
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- >bane@vtx.ma.man.ac.uk writes:
- >> Okay so we're well into Jan 93 already but does anybody know whether there
- >> was a new law passed/come into effect on 1/1/93 regarding VDUs; I was
- >> under the impression that all VDUs now had to be fitted with anti-radiating
- >> devices.
-
- >Wouldn't that make it rather hard to see the screen?
-
- >If you're worried about radiation from VDUs, I suggest that you simply buy
- >some lucky heather from a Gypsy on Oxford Street and fix it to the front. Or
- >consult your astrologer for advice.
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- The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 (39-40) are
- due in place 1993, but when I don't know.
- The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 - Approved Code of
- Practise is available from HMSO or the HSC.
-
- Dave
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