LED lights can damage your eyes
Light-emitting diode (LED) lights may cause permanent damage to your eyes, a new research has claimed.
The study found that exposure to LED lights can cause irreparable harm to the retina of the human eye.
Once the retina cells are destroyed by prolonged and continuous
exposure to LED rays, they cannot be replaced and will not regrow, ThinkSpain.com reported.
Researchers said this is caused by the high levels of radiation in the
‘blue band’, and is likely to become a global epidemic in the medium
term given that computer, mobiles and TV screens, and even traffic and
street lights, have been gradually replaced with LED.
Experts are calling for the lights to have built-in filters to cut out the blue glare.
Dr. Celia Sanchez Ramos, investigator at Madrid’s Complutense
University, said the retina never regenerates itself once it has become
damaged.
Dr. Ramos said LED lights are made up of rainbow longitude waves, and it is the blue part, which causes the problem.
“LED is fantastic if there is adequate protection,” she said.
Humans have their eyes open for around 6,000 hours a year, and most of
this time they are exposed to artificial light — for which reason Dr.
Ramos says the best way to prevent damage is to “close your eyes often
to soften the impact”.
She also said using good
sunglasses with UV filter rays, and a healthy and varied diet rich in
Vitamin A, which comes from spinach and peppers — will protect the eyes.
With Courtesy: THE HINDU
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