X-Message-Number: 11412
From: "Thomas Nord" <>
Subject: Dangeralarms. Computers. Foamplastics.
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 00:17:12 -0000

One alarm was set off this week our newer healthier computers and screens
are not so healthy if they arent electrical grounded as folks often use them
at home. I was told the opposite when I bought mine last year and have to
doublecheck with TCO. Ideas?

Another one:
I have suspected a long time Foamplastics is not good for our health, and
planned to change it all to more natural older materials such as we had
before.
In a paper for workers-protection now I found it to be true. Researchers
Gunnar Skarping and Marianne Dalene among 4 others at the dept. for clinical
chemistry in the university-hospital in Lund Sweden, have tested some 50
products and came to "alarming results". They worked for multinational
corps. and was suppoused to keep this a secret since manufacturing has
changed due to this, but all old is much worse to use for us. When its
exposed to water or heat or sweat or bodyheat and pressure we will be
exposed to "toluendiamin (TDA)" as can cause cancer allergies and
liverdamage. "Against the background of the amount of much skinexposure,
clarity must be found soon. Exposure must be eliminated or minimized".
Industrylabs have come to the same conclusion.
Among other things, Swedish furnituregigant IKEA changed all ironingboards
due to similar TDI as very harmful from the foamplastics in those.
I will change it all as soon as possible and tell my friends, then hit the
alarmclock to save healthcosts and be a gooddoer. Better change my own
first, otherwise the right material may be hard to find if to many like to
change. What will you do?
Many will regard this as fuzz as my other ideas, then they get sick not
knowing why.

Otherwise I'm quite happy, live dynamic and go into new issues fading out
the old ones, drink milk and gain weight as I need, do pretty good money
every week and need a first long life with my plans so far.

Mvh/Sincerely Long Life
Thomas Nord
Stockholm (Sweden) still with snow and ice for a very long period this year
so I got used to it.
Hemsidor/Homepages:
http://user.tninet.se/~rqt138d/
http://members.tripod.co.uk/RWnovhoi/index.html
http://expage.com/page/cryonics

Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=11412