Very debatable units; electromagnetic radiation, repetitive strain injury, stress: is danger coming soon to a screen near you? (computer terminal safety)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: September 1, 1990 | Copyright information

Electromagnetic radiation, repetitive strain injury, stress: is danger coming soon to a screen near you?

FROM monsters under the bed to scares about tainted food, the idea of danger lurking in everyday life is particularly disturbing. It inspires a feeling of ambush, a fear that something domesticated could turn and bite. Such fears are now being expressed about something that has suddenly become ubiquitous: the computer. A controversy over whether, and to what extent, v...

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