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Computer use may be a risk factor for glaucoma, according to recent research from Japan. Dr Masayuki Tatemichi from Tokyo's Toho University studied the connection between computer use and visual problems on a group of more than 10,000 Japanese workers. The study found that there was a relationship between computer use and refractive errors (near and farsightedness).
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Swedish researcher Olle Johansson has found that EMR affects the skin Since the late 1970s there have been numerous complaints that VDT use has resulted in workers developing severe skin problems known as screen dermatitis. Symptoms include pain, itching, heat, erythema, papules and pustules. In Sweden the problem has reached such dimensions that The Association of the Electrically and VDT Injured (FEB) had 1800 paying members by 1995
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