The Dangers Of White LED Bulbs
Monday, September 12, 2011 - 10:31
in Biology & Nature
With a ban on incandescent bulbs looming in the US, the race is on to try and replace them - unfortunately the ban was used to artificially force innovation, which isn't how things work in science and technology, and CFL bulbs have mercury risk while concerns linger about LEDs and melatonin. Melatonin is a compound that adjusts our biological clock and is known for its anti-oxidant and anti-cancerous properties. "White" light bulbs that emit light at shorter wavelengths are greater suppressors of the body's production of melatonin than bulbs emitting orange-yellow light, a new international study has revealed.read more