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Ahem! Please provide a credible/peer reviewed reference for this statement.


4 posted on 01/08/2013 6:02:41 PM PST by 4FreeSpeach
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To: 4FreeSpeach
Can Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs Damage Skin?

UV light comes in three varieties: UVA, UVB and UVC. The researchers tested the bulbs for UVA and UVC emissions. In skin cells, UVA creates reactive oxygen, which can damage their inner workings, and penetrates further into skin. Outdoors, people are typically exposed to UVA and UVB.

UVC, on the other hand, is usually scattered away by air, so we aren't usually exposed to it in sunlight. However, close to its source, like a CFL, UVC damages DNA.

"We saw significant amounts of UVC [from CFLs], which is not what you see in the atmosphere," said Rafailovich.

Under CFLs, the experiments showed cells stopped growing and changed shape. Dermal fibroblasts suffered worse than keratinocytes, since they are usually not exposed to light. This indicates these bulbs can damage skin in several layers....

~ SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

6 posted on 01/08/2013 6:10:03 PM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: 4FreeSpeach

Rush. First hour. Tuesday.


15 posted on 01/08/2013 10:32:08 PM PST by alpo (What would Selco do?)
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To: 4FreeSpeach
Ahem! Please provide a credible/peer reviewed reference for this statement.

LMBO!!
If "climate scientists" don't have to legitimately prove anything, why should anybody else?

21 posted on 01/09/2013 5:58:57 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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