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 Are
Computers Hazardous to your Health? (United Federation
of Teachers, 2001)
Back at Your Desk: How to Move in Your Chair
(University of Maryland)
Brominated
Flame Retardants in Dust on Computers: The Case for Safer Chemicals
and Better Computer Design
(Computer TakeBack Campaign, 2004)
Back at Your Desk: Reducing
the Stress of Sitting (University of Maryland, 1990)
Carbonless
Copy Paper (National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health Hazard Review, Dec. 2000)
Carbonless Copy Paper Injury
and Information Network
Computer
Workstation Health and Safety Checklist (NYCOSH)
Computer
Workstations (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Computing
and Health at MIT (MIT Office of Information Services
and Technology)
Computing
Out Loud (Help for users of speech-recognition software)
Cumulative Trauma Disorders in
Office Workers (New Jersey Department of Health, 1992)
Glued
to the Tube: Labor’s Unlikely Victory for Computer Safety
in Suffolk County (Regional Labor Review, Spring 1999)
HealthyComputing.com
Investigation
of the Health Effects of Irradiated Mail (U.S. Congress
Office of Compliance, July 2002)
Keys
to Healthy Computing: An AFSCME Health and Safety Handbook
(American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees)
Office/Computer
Ergonomics (University of Waterloo)
 Office
Ergonomics (NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
Office Ergonomics Online Training Module
(Oklahoma State University)
Office
Safety (U.S. Centers for Disease Control in-house manual)
Typing
Injury FAQ
VDU
(Video Display Unit) Work and Hazards to Health (London
Hazards Centre)
Working Safely with Video Display
Terminals (OSHA) |
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When
a clerk who was sensitized to formaldehyde after years of handling
carbonless copying paper sued the paper's manufacturer, Appleton
Papers, the company "chose to wage war" against her.
— Business Week Online, Dec. 11, 2000.
Computer
typists who are under pressure to keep working for hours on end
without a break could take heart from a report issued in
May 2000 by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), which shows that short, strategically spaced
rest breaks can reduce eyestrain and musculoskeletal discomforts
for video display terminal operators without decreasing productivity.
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