1 Jul
2016
1 Jul
'16
1:40 p.m.
On 2016-07-01 4:08 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
Granted. But this is all well studied, we can just look up the numbers
and the science. Probably something people using unshielded CRTs are
best motivated to do.
--Toby
Not a very
good comparison because one is pointed at your head for
months or years and the latter is momentary.
On Fri, 1 Jul 2016, tony duell
wrote:
I am not convinced that the effect is purely cumulative anyway. In other
words,
a lower intensity (and lower energy) beam for longer might not do as
much damage as a brief pulse from a high intensity, high energy source.
The "pro-nuclear" community calls it the "LNT" ("Linear No
Threshold")
premise.
How much of the health damage of early color TV was due, not to the
hardware, but to the quality of the content?
(USA networks were/are clearly worse than BBC)