Speakers & Health Risks?

[kev]

Hey guys, just before i get too comfy with my newly positioned setup, and just wondering what you lot think on the healthyness of having 2 pretty large monitors either side of the computer and more so, one of the big ones is right by the side of where i sleep! I dunno if electro -magnetic fields or whatever is in a speaker that makes it work can have any ill health effects, and nor am i usually worried about this, but its just something my dad commented on when he walked in the room!...


Kev

 

[KeithRT99]

im pretty sure magnets do nothing ill or beneficial to people. what you need to watch out for is hearing loss.

 

[Razorjack]

The HSE and RoSPA don't say there is anything to worry about.

As Keith said it's hearing loss you need to look out for, don't go too long without resting your ears for at least 15mins for every hour you've worked (and that's at sensible levels).

 

[Carrier Flux]

Hey guys, just before i get too comfy with my newly positioned setup, and just wondering what you lot think on the healthyness of having 2 pretty large monitors either side of the computer and more so, one of the big ones is right by the side of where i sleep! I dunno if electro -magnetic fields or whatever is in a speaker that makes it work can have any ill health effects, and nor am i usually worried about this, but its just something my dad commented on when he walked in the room!...


Kev

you're far more likely to get brain damage from looking at a CRT monitor all day. the fields from speakers might erase your old cassette tapes, but they're not going to do anything to your body. the body and brain are electrical, but it takes a heck of a lot more than a speaker magnet to interfere with that.

 

[Mr. Brokenamp]

Dude where I work this guy walks around with magnets taped to his body, chest & face. He even puts them on his tomato plants too, he says it helps them grow.
I think you'll be ok, just don't end up like that guy.

 

[Carrier Flux]

Dude where I work this guy walks around with magnets taped to his body, chest & face. He even puts them on his tomato plants too, he says it helps them grow.
I think you'll be ok, just don't end up like that guy.

does he have them strapped to his crotch?

 

[Mr. Brokenamp]

I don't want to know.
I heard he got flipped out when my buddy told him the Earth's magnetic field is going to reverse in 2012.

 

[kev]

LOL at that guy! Well cheers chaps, had me actually wondering for a while

 

[metalkingdom]

I heard he got flipped out when my buddy told him the Earth's magnetic field is going to reverse in 2012.

HEY - WHAT THE FUCC DO YOU KNOW ABOUT 2012?????

 

[Torniojaws]

HEY - WHAT THE FUCC DO YOU KNOW ABOUT 2012?????

It's the end of the 13th small cycle (13.0.0.0.0) on the Mayan long calendar and the beginning of the 14th small cycle (1.0.0.0.0.0).