... but not until recently, after people suffered unusual symptoms after years of working with computers, at that point, experts began investigating the radiation emissions from VDU's. What they discovered was not good. The repetitive strain problems were apparent quite early, simply because of the immediacy of the symptoms. Plus people already knew that typing can affect health due to typists being around for years and therefore obtaining some foresight on the matter. Meanwhile, the posture and other physical restrictions of using computers frequently for extended periods of time were more or less common sense! The other (more social) health problem arising from using computers too frequently (increasing all the time), is the social effects on the user's life, as work becomes more intense or simply addiction sets in, users will leave the terminal less frequently and therefore miss out hugely on social activity. This same pattern of activity also results ...

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