Re: Monitor Radiation

[paulb@ece.nwu.edu (Paul Brazis)]

In article <341D9FFA.3C63548D@concentric.net>,
Michael Madill  <msean@pop3.cris.com> wrote:
>
>I used a Gauss meter to measure the radiation in front of the monitors
>of the //e's in my classroom.  At the distance where the student would
>sit (about 2 feet) the reading for all of them was between 6 and 8
>milligauss.  For the Macs it was 1.5 milligauss except when the hard
>drive started up the meter went off the scale which is a maximum of 10
>milligauss.
>
>Are any of these readings at dangerous levels?
>
>Thanks, Mike  msean@concentric.net
>
>
Milligauss levels are nothing, isn't that on the order of the Earth's
magnetic field? In our lab we use magnets that reach 8 kilogauss (8,000 G),
and we really don't have any safety concerns.