Posted by Wolf Dreamer on October 12, 2003, at 17:05:03
In reply to Re: Mercury in everything... electricity makes it vent » Wolf Dreamer, posted by Larry Hoover on October 12, 2003, at 9:21:08
Wolf Dreamer: "Don't some people get sick from fluorescent lights?"
Lar: "Do you have more details?"I checked the net last night, scanning google for fluorescent and harmful.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=fluorescent+harmfulThey have a condition that affects babies called Retinopathy of Prematurity, which only exist in areas where they use blue fluorescent lights in the maternity wards. The UV light causes damage to their eyes, sometimes resulting in blindness.
Museems put protective coverings over their fluorescent lights, to keep them from damaging their exibits.
[quote]The ultraviolet rays from sunlight and fluorescent tubes will cause structural damage and oxidative reactions. Limiting light exposure protects paper and pigments from chemical and physical deterioration.
All light, particularly that in the ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) regions of the spectrum, induces chemical changes which age materials by degrading them. The most pernicious photochemical damage is caused by UV rays. IR radiation will cause chemical changes, and it accelerates the destructive effect of both UV light and visible radiation. Although not as profound in its destructive capacity as IR or UV, visible light can cause fading or darkening of some pigments. Photochemical deterioration, which occurs in organic objects such as works on paper and textiles, is cumulative and cannot be reversed.[/quote]
Here is a great webpage I just found.
http://www.macular.org/bluelite.htmlSo its the UV radiation causing problems, nothing else.
Various things cause your body to be weaker in dealing with UV radiation, including some medications, thus some people really need protection badly.
I'm going to try to find some decent viser to buy.
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