are plant lights bad for your eyes?
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LED plant lights with a lot of blue and UV diodes can be harmful to our eyes. The same goes for all-white lights that emit a cooler white light (5000 Kelvin and higher). The amount of harm an LED light can cause depends on the color and the intensity. ... Just don't stare into your lights.
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Increased use of fluorescent lighting as a climate change mitigation strategy may increase eye disease. The safe range of light to avoid exposing the eye to potentially damaging ultraviolet (UV) radiation is 2000 to 3500K and greater than 500 nanometers. Some fluorescent lights fall outside this safe range.
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Yes, UV has benefits for plant growth, but it can still cause damage to plants and humans if not used properly. ... That full spectrum light should mimic natural sunlight to make the plants feel as if they are being grown outdoors.
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The sun or bright indoor light can be uncomfortable, even painful. Photophobia isn't a condition -- it's a symptom of another problem. Migraine headaches, dry eyes, and swelling inside your eye are commonly linked to light sensitivity. It can cause pain whenever you're in bright sunlight or indoor light.
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Incandescent lights are good for lighting up a room or growing low-light houseplants, such as vines, ferns or dracaenas. They have limited utility for growing plants with higher light requirements. These lights put out only about 10 percent of their energy as light while 90 percent is heat.
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In a study published in the Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, researchers concluded that blue and white LED lighting is the most harmful to wildlife, particularly animals such as sea turtles and insects, while green, amber and yellow are more favorable.
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(CNN) The blue light in LED lighting that is increasingly used in our homes can damage the eye's retina while disturbing our biological and sleep rhythms, a French health authority warned in a new report.
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Blue light exposure may increase the risk of macular degeneration. The fact that blue light penetrates all the way to the retina (the inner lining of the back of the eye) is important, because laboratory studies have shown that too much exposure to blue light can damage light-sensitive cells in the retina.
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There are several other light bulbs that are a better choice for your eye health, including traditional incandescent bulbs, LED bulbs, and halogen bulbs. Warm white fluorescent CFLs can be a good replacement, but do know that they still emit a small amount of UV rays.
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Well, UVB can harm your plants, just like it can humans. Unfortunately, we can't give our plants sunglasses or sun block, but Mother Nature has an answer. ... There is more UVB the higher up you go, so plants that grow there will naturally have more trichomes and higher potency.
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The risk depends on what type of bulb you are dealing with. Compact fluorescent lights contain a small amount of mercury, which can be toxic if it enters your body (see References 1). LED lights have been found to contain arsenic and lead, also at very low but potentially toxic levels (see References 2).
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Scientifically, yes lighter colored eyes are more sensitive to bright lights and the sun because a lighter color iris allows more light to pass into the retina of the eye. Lighter color eyes such as blue or light green are intact missing a pigment called melanin or have much less of it than a darker brown or hazel eye.
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What Kinds of Eye Problems Can Fluorescent Lighting Cause? Exposure to harsh fluorescent lighting can cause eye strain and blurred vision. The longer you're exposed to the light, the more likely you'll experience the problem. Symptoms of eyestrain include sore, burning, watery or dry eyes.
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Lights are not bad for fish, unless they are too bright or cause fluctuations in aquarium water temperature. While fish have a biological 'need' for light and should have at least 8 hours of light per day, they are not as reliant on it as plants in a tank.
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Good lighting but not direct sunlight is needed for these plants to thrive. ... Too much light can be harmful to African Violets however, it can cause slowed growth the plants leaves will turn to a pale green due to chlorophyll destruction and the flowering will decrease.
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Blue light emitted by smartphones and laptops accelerates blindness by making a molecule in our eyes toxic, according to a new study. A new study found that blue light can cause macular degeneration, one of the leading causes of blindness. Blue light harms our vision by damaging the eye's retina, the researchers say.
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The recommended light boxes have filters that remove harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays, so there's no risk of skin or eye damage for most people. However, exposure to very bright light may not be suitable if you: have an eye condition or eye damage that makes your eyes particularly sensitive to light.