Right, energy-efficiency does not necessarily imply EMF safety. The CFL light-bulbs which are energy-efficient do so by turning on and off many many times in a second. This ends up adding frequencies onto the powerlines in kHz range. It may cause health symptoms in people.
For TV's, I would tend to prefer LCD flat panel monitors over plasma (a source of dirty electricity) and over CRT-type TV's (a source of AC magnetic fields).
For computer monitors, as well, I prefer LCD flat panel monitors, over CRT monitors ( a source of AC magnetic fields). In terms of certification, I do like TCO'99 or later compliance in monitors, but even without it, many (although not all) of the LCD flat panel monitors are ok.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCO_Certification--- In
[hidden email], "Marc Martin" <marc@...> wrote:
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> > Does anyone know if "energy star compliant" (TV's) means less emf?
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> It means less power usage, doesn't it? It actually could be worse
> from an EMF standpoint, if they use switching power supplies to
> reduce power usage.
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> Marc
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