Experts warn LED blue-light could cause serious damage to your eyes

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=12231397

They may seem like a good idea when choosing how to brighten up your house, but experts have warned LED lights could be causing far more harm than good.

The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) issued a report saying LED lights can irreversibly damage the retina and wreak havoc with natural sleep rhythms.

According to the Daily Mail, the establishment run by the French government warned that strong LED lights are "photo-toxic".

A 400-page report they released highlighted the permanent destruction of retinal cells, a common stepping stone to blindness.

ANSES called for officials to further restrict the maximum exposure a person should have to lights that emanate "blue light".

Herb & Suds said:

https://www.rollitup.org/t/new-study-exposure-to-led-not-good-for-us.989630/

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That's in the wrong place and should be locked.

Exposing your eyes to any bright lights can cause eye damage sun , hps ,mh , led and so on this common sense which isn’t that common any more ,just saying .

NGA said:

Exposing your eyes to any bright lights can cause eye damage sun , hps ,mh , led and so on this common sense which isn’t that common any more ,just saying .

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Not common sense. I asked my eye doctor and she said light intensity doesn't damage the eyes - so either she is wrong, or this new information is wrong.

athomegrowing said:

Not common sense. I asked my eye doctor and she said light intensity doesn't damage the eyes - so either she is wrong, or this new information is wrong.

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Tell your doc to stare at the sun for half a day. See how it turns out

ApfelStrudel said:

Tell your doc to stare at the sun for half a day. See how it turns out

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Short term I imagine she would be fine, but cataracts would occur in 40 years.

Too late now, thanks...

Macular degeneration is for real.

ttystikk said:

Macular degeneration is for real.

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Yes Macular Degeneration is for real my Grandma was declared legally blind from glaucoma and macular degeneration in her late 60s. Was a very tough thing for her to have to deal with and she was never the same after that.

This does concern me and my COBs and LEDs are all 3500k and up. I also don’t know if going to a 2700k—-3000k would be a significant drop in exposure to shorter waves. The proximity of the UV light to blue light may have caused us to not consider the effect of the slightly longer wave blue light. Blurple just got a little more frightening!

hillbill said:

This does concern me and my COBs and LEDs are all 3500k and up. I also don’t know if going to a 2700k—-3000k would be a significant drop in exposure to shorter waves. The proximity of the UV light to blue light may have caused us to not consider the effect of the slightly longer wave blue light. Blurple just got a little more frightening!

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I think blurple lights are the biggest culprit for damaging your eyes. I think full spectrum LED is much less likely to cause problems because the eye responds well to it.

Wear eye protection and turn off the UV lights when you're there and that's going to be the best solution.

Ive used those anti-phosphor a23's, those would WRECK my eyes compared to even 1kw hps.