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idpy, April 15, 1983, Pape 9.

SURREY, BC, (CP) ~ —
‘After -a: decade of largely
misdirected: worry : about ..

is a eapaiie’ gumnmary ‘of low-frequency ° :
fears expressed about video
» daplay;. terminals (VDTs).

‘have: made him. one of -
; Canada’s: best-known VDT.

radiation, workers” and" “The » “situation ‘at. the - consultants, -
management seem ready to - : Vancouver-area hospital is. Sharma: was Called. in to.
grapple with the real perils” “ideal tor determining the . Surrey Memorial last: fall at
of office - computerization. : nature ‘of this problem ail ‘the — insistence’ of . the ::
. The - story. ~ : the orld,” says Hari. Hospital : - Employees Union ”
miscarrlagetéenied” 7 ouclear.chemist after It:found -six of, seven.”

. counting department: “at «
Surrey Memorial: Hospital,

puterized : - aceounting

The spring: season has been a busy: and exciting one s for the members of
the International Order of Job’s Daughters. A fashlon show was held on

Shoppers Drug.Mart, Copps Shoes, StarrApparel, Sight and Sound, and

fashions and the Jobles hape to make the affair an annual event. Also in
the month of March two new members were Initiated, Corrina Reid, age
12, and Jennifer’ Kemp, age 11.

taking tickets, distributing programs, and directing guests-to thelr seats.

~the-home of Mr. .& Mrs. Doug Midfeldt. Pancakes topped .with
- strawberries and whipped cream headlined the menu. After Breakfast,
mes were played. The Breakfast énded at noon, a good time.being had.
call.” The plans for April are promotional tours to the schools,:
_ Wash, and cavassing for the C lety, elect! fo
a roller: skating’ ‘party _

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“province of
Britlah Columbia

ary oe

radiation

of pregnavicies in the’ com-.

_- Marché at the Bavarian Inn. Contributing merchants included: Sears, -

- Grace Fell Florist.. Models from all age groups displayed a variety of |

. frequeney VDT emissions |
Surrey Memorial’ could be

_The Job’s daughters assisted ‘the ~ -easily-reduced by encasing”

‘organizers at the Northwest Music Festival in various ways Including, -

a car

‘Government Agent’ s Office

department. had. resulted.
miscarriages,
births | or birth defects.

Sharma reported | in early’:

March that the: hospital's

“VDTs — like. almost all
,lerminals he-has tested — *.

emit. 40, "significant - ‘high: «
frequency,

‘premature:

“. package of improvements’
lighting “and
te _ seating On March 21,.with
none’ of Shariia’s. recom: .
: mendations ‘implemented,
10 of the 12 VDT operators |.
. Unplugged their machines. .
.. After five days and a new
high-energy "inspection . by © provincial
radiation such ‘as; ; X-rays,
ultra-violet
microwaves or rhidlo waves. -
' ‘But he found “the “ter: *

office:

~ government experts, they’

““emissions, 7 : resumed work.
The “hospital called ‘ine
“the -

“specialists from

‘minals ‘in. the. accounting | ministries of Labor. ahd

office. emitted." verydow- —-
frequency :' radiation ‘and
pulsating . magnetic: and eeeaminants.
. @lectrieal fields; -

For san apecalis,
“radiation” -may.-.be™

_ Misleading: term for’ these
- waves, which are ‘generated --
a5, a side-effect “by the |
com- .

VDTs' electronic -

500,000 cycles a second,

Thére is’ selentific..con- ”
, >the.

measurement and. health :
« effects of these fields which -
i ae! created by: any.: major: . investigators; ‘says: that’ “95
: electronic -appliance:. and |; Ber cent of VDTs are safe”’
such installations. as high- :
frequency power Hines . and:

troversy over.

substations.’
Sharma’ Pu
research - is.

needed, but- studies in

Europe have linked very-.’'

low-frequency radiation and.
pulsating - ‘electromagnetic’
fields .to: cellular damage,”
including. eaneer, "0. 7:

His report. ‘Said ‘the Jos

the terminals in «,ounded .

; "steel ‘shields costing about“
The.fun project of the month was a-Kidnap Breakfast which was held at ©

$30. Sharma said there were

‘- no health complaints among -
{Operators . af | VDTs - in.
“.- another, Surrey hospital
‘office — simil :

they, -did. not.

i, ea oe
-He also recommended a

more
urgently

Health, who . found ‘no-; -

fadiation or’ .. airborne

- inspection --

frequency radiation, :

“The provincial Radiation

' Protection Service accepts

“the finding of the US...
ponents. Sharma saya they.” "National ' Institute °
lie in the. spectrum below -.
the AM - radio. dial,.. at:
frequencies” “up to. “about :

’ Occupational Safety and

-4;Health that “the VDT does
cMet- present a radiation -
er ‘hazard to

-employees
“working at ‘ or near a’ ter-
- minal. me

. Even. Sharma,’ “who ‘is

* among. the moat critical:of. .

“from the. paint of-view of
radiation: — :

. Sharma warns that ob-
_salescent terminals © and
gome-. new: VDTs~.
eapecially those with plastic.
‘housings and. ‘shallow

Magnetic fields: to, create

‘hazardous’ levels of“ low-
frequency radiation. .

The U.S. ‘National, Céntre
for Devices: -
“Radiological » Health. ‘says
lusters .~ of-:

unlikely that they, have been ;

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to other factors to explain |

‘variety of eye” ‘troubles,

| However, “
- Hike“

8 conten government's surveys -
-' — did not look for. very-low- ; :
~ contaminated air'in sealed, -

comings in: ergonomics, or

for’

: Memorial. But the branch’s

_ to.an order — are different
‘from his. ° :

; tensity: of light falling on the.
. screens. should be low and

:Bereens which - se strong

‘their images — emit: what’
@ . believeas. may: be —

and .

“adverse. .:
‘pregnancy outcomes,” such...
“as those at Surrey Memorial” -
Hospital. and ih previous "
(cases at_the Toronto Star :
and Toronto wt Hall

a0 v. Highway 16

_ sets trends for video display j terminals

cated by the low radietion|
‘emission levels - from the «.
machines.’ Be .

- Aitention’ now is turning’

should be reduced, .But they 7
disagree - on’ how ‘to ae. |
complish: this.:- “ _
They also differ on how to
-provide: the higher light |
complalnts - ‘which: many ° levels’ needed : for ‘other
studies have found among |": tasks, such ‘as reading from
VDT operators. . oe )" paper} without’. “causing *
. In’addition to: pregnancy screen: “glare or: Bharp, .
problems, these ‘include ‘a " eyedtrain-producing : aiff.
erences. in light ‘ifitensity.
Lighting ‘is not the only
“Worry in the expanding field
of ergonomics in: the elec.
tronic workplace..Concerns
ate. as fundamental, and:
. deceptively. “simple, as
‘chairs — ‘poorly designed
ones are linked-to a host of
complaints, including
fluorescentlitotfices:noise, D&¢kache, sires,
and poor - work station
design. . ”
Like’ Sharma, the B.C,
Occupational Environment
Branch, called for changes
- lighting at Surrey

back . and ‘neck pain,
irritability, fatigue and
headaches. : _

‘Such _ complaints are |
being. attributed to. short-

human engineering. They
can © include ‘stale’ - and -

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VDTs are coupled to more
traditional union’ concerns,
especially. job security.
Unionists also complain
the

technology makes

instance, keep a- running
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