msb@sq.uucp (Mark Brader) (01/31/88)
> >I CAN NOT STAND the florescent light used in large rooms ... > I recently heard of some British work which indicated that people spending > long hours (ie working) under conventional florescent lights experienced > significantly more [headaches, etc.]... I'd like to point out that in Britain the fluorescent lights strobe at 100 Hz, whereas on this continent it is 120 Hz. (Twice the power frequency in each case, of course.) This may or may not be a large enough difference to make any difference to such symptoms, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did. So the British study may not be wholly applicable here. Personally, I *like* bright overhead lighting. Trying to work by a lamp that's inside my field of vision or which lights only part of it, or watching TV in the dark rooms that some people prefer, tends to give me a headache. Of course, some people are exactly the opposite way, and we end up back at the idea that offices are a Good Thing. Oh, please note: it's "fluorescent", not "florescent" (which means something completely different, and sounds rather comical applied to lights). And not "flourescent" either, which is not a word and also sounds comical. This is not a flame -- just a request to get it right next time. I have added cross-postings to misc.jobs.misc, where I think the topic belongs, and to sci.med, where we might find an expert's reference in the topic. I have directed followups to misc.jobs.misc only. Mark Brader "Poor spelling does not prove poor knowledge, SoftQuad Inc., Toronto but is fatal to the argument by intimidation." utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com -- Gene Ward Smith