The Queensland University of Technology based in Brisbane Australia has published an health advisory against using “Macintosh – Apple ‘glass’ or high gloss monitor screens.”

The advisory which only seems to pick on Macs and no PC counterparts claims that “Reflections and glare on high gloss monitor screens and their relation to the angle of the monitor screen, could cause the operator to adopt awkward postures when viewing the monitor screen”.

The University offers many solutions for the problem, some as extreme as consulting a “Lighting engineer to determine if overhead lighting can be modified” or “Consider the purchase of other types of monitors which are not high gloss.”

All of Apple’s notebook lineup has glossy displays with only the 17-inch MacBook Pro having the option of an antiglare covering.

Thanks to World of Apple reader MacMatte for the tip.