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It's going tobe a delicate balance Some of the cast visited & real TV It’s just a good, — newsroomiand watched as a news show was put together “It's so much more than you'd ex “The pressure of the high tension fdr a short period of time says Botsford the time that they're under, ust wild to watch them Humphrey, the object of Botstord on-screen affection, went out with a TV crew to get a feel for his role a cameraman Thrillers and chillers now out on video By CHRISTOPHER JOHNSTON The Canadian Press look at the latest horror videos Master (Paramount) If you, like me, about man flick about puppe njure up such €-tall doll with a nasty . of @ long-dead hey a e > utch d by his The Toxic Avenger Part 2 (Warner) — Ai last $ a superhero for these environm He wears a grotesque Halloween atally conscious mask and black r Clorox es an e y New Jers. Dead Calm (Warner) he Little B. 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Still Hollywood ic ONESTOW ATC H recommended: Vamp (1986) Unholy (1988), weird with deos that can be and kinky; The An American Dead n great effects October 25, 1999 Castlegar News VDTs Health problems force redesign of offices MONTREAL (CP) — Video display terminals — VDTs — have become a fact of working life in the industrial world, but so have problems such as.eye strain, debilitating muscular diseases and psychological strain It is estimated that there will be 90 million workplace VDTs in Canada and the United States by next year. One of two workers will shortly be plugged technology “The tool itself has revolutionized industry and the way organizations work in a very, very positive way even though along with those benefits have come some problems that need to be addressed,"’ says Bob Bettendorf, a Connecticut management consultant and a former IBM executive into computer ‘The tool itself has revolutionized industry and the way organizations work ina very, very positive way ...even though along with those benefits have come some problems that need to be addressed,’ — management consultan? Bob Bettendorf These problems are gradually forcing a rethinking of the design of offices and of office work itself, said several experts interviewed at a recent international confei Montreal on VDT use. Employers are either making the adjustment volun: tarily, as IBM did in the early.1980s, or are being pushed in to it by unions. ence in To help companies design healthy work environments, the Canadian Standards Association — the private group which sets many of the country’s safety standards — will soon release Canada’s first comprehensive guidelines for the office environment and work-station design. The product of four years” research, the standard will set voluntary guidelines for such things as office furniture, lighting, acoustics and air quality and temperature, Jim Dixon, the CSA's occupational health and safety project manager, said inan interview from Toronto It will also include a section on the organization of work because, Dixon explained, ‘You must also take into account the design of the job, the job tasks, in relation to the person, to the worker’s goals and to management's goals.”” The CSA guidelines will not cover the alleged dangers Of VDTs To the female reproductive system, an ongoing scientific controversy “The body of evidence suggests this is not a problem at But the omission is expected to draw protest. Many unions believe manufacturers should be required to provide shields for the machines and that pregnant em ployees should be able to choose not to work on them. There is no controversy about the strain VDTs place on eyesight, and an increasing number of offices are taking steps to alleviate the causes. ‘As well, growing evidence is linking VDTs and the rise in so-called ‘‘musculoskeletal”’ injuries. These range from aching backs and necks to nerve and tendon disorders, known collectively as repetitive strain injury — referred to by doctors asRSI “Our impression is that visual problems have been dealt with to a degree that musculoskeletal problems have not,”’ said Dave Eisen, a health expert with The Newspaper Guild, which represents editorial and other workers at many U.S. and Canadian newspapers. “Contracts have provided for glasses for working ona VDT screen,"’ Eisen said. ‘*There have also been im provements in the VDT screen itself — its design, the con trast of ‘characters. It’s generally understood that lower lighting levels are desirable and, increasingly, we have recognition of the importance of getting rid of screen glare."” Union experts say chairs and desks that can’t be ad- justed.to an individual VDT user’s height and working style are partly responsible for the rise in RSI The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently « that the number of reported cases in the U.S. almost doubled, to 73,000, from 1985 to 1987, making it the fastest-growing occupational injury RSI results when ‘‘hands, wrists, arms and shoulders repeat the same motion again and again, at high speeds, with little rest, often *n awkward positions," a Newspaper Guild information sheet says, adding: ‘Without the in terruptions typewriters used to demand for corrections, changing paper and other auxiliary chores, and with the added speed made possible by lighter finger force (on the keyboard), the road is clear for nerve and tendon disor: der.** Bob DeMatteo, research and education officer with the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, said a recent survey of 300 data-entry operators working for the Ontario Health Insurance Program found that 25 per cent of respondents had been diagnosed by a doctor as having some form of RSI Laura Stock, a consultant with VDT Coalition, a abor lobby and education group in California, said a com- suter’s ability to, in effect, monitor an employee's