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