Health & Safety and Security Issues.

... Health & Safety and Security Issues Health and Safety. This refers particularly to people who spend a lot of time working with a computer. This can have effects on eyes, joints in arms and back in particular as they are used continuously. These kinds of injuries are not uncommon. Any person using particular parts of their body for long periods of time are liable to injury. Athletes often wear out specific muscles, labourers often have back injuries and so on. Information technology is relatively new, and is being used in large amounts already. As users people must be aware of potential injuries. 1. Eye strain - This has several causes, reflections from bright lights on the screen, concentrating on the screen for long periods of time and then focusing on a piece of paper. 2. Radiation -Although no solid evidence some believe that radiation from computers is responsible for abnormal pregnancies. 3. Repetitive strain injury

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