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I know this is not a given, but I recently had an eye exam and asked the doctor about the potential of blue light damage to eyes.
My doctor said that exposure to light in the 230-400nm range can damage different parts of the eye depending on the particular nm range and the length of exposure. He suggested I put up a yellow or amber acrylic panel around the lights if they are shining directly into your eyes, if not contained in a hood for example.
This got me wondering if staring at a heavily blue light saturated tank over time could add to risk of macular degeneration or other diseases that may have some correlation to blue light exposure.
I believe most spikes in the 400 + nm range in our lights occur above 400nm, not below it, but still, lots of blue light at a magnitude that is far greater than you would be exposed to without our lights regularly shining in our eyes.
Does anyone have any experience on this topic or have any info to share?
My doctor said that exposure to light in the 230-400nm range can damage different parts of the eye depending on the particular nm range and the length of exposure. He suggested I put up a yellow or amber acrylic panel around the lights if they are shining directly into your eyes, if not contained in a hood for example.
This got me wondering if staring at a heavily blue light saturated tank over time could add to risk of macular degeneration or other diseases that may have some correlation to blue light exposure.
I believe most spikes in the 400 + nm range in our lights occur above 400nm, not below it, but still, lots of blue light at a magnitude that is far greater than you would be exposed to without our lights regularly shining in our eyes.
Does anyone have any experience on this topic or have any info to share?