Allergies from monitors?
Aside from eye, back, or finger strain, there may be two possible sources of actual chemical/gaseous emissions: • The materials used in some of the electronic components as well as the plastics of the case can outgas – possibly for quite some time after manufacture. This is made worse due to the heat inside. • Ozone production. This is caused by electrical discharges – corona – from various high voltage terminals. Ozone really shouldn’t be a problem with a monitor in good condition but it is possible. And, as a monitor ages and collects all sorts of dirt and dust, it is more likely. • Back to Monitor Repair FAQ Table of Contents. Items of Interest Web sites with monitor specifications Of the half dozen or so Web sites that I used to have for extensive monitor information, only Monitorworld has survived as far as I can tell: They still have the important specifications for a wide variety of monitors indexed by manuracturer and model: • Monitor World I am only recommending this site for
