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  • 'White' light suppresses the body's production of melatonin

    09/12/2011 7:41:03 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 21 replies · 1+ views
    http://medicalxpress.com ^ | 09-12-2011 | Provided by University of Haifa
    Exposure to the light of white LED bulbs, it turns out, suppresses melatonin 5 times more than exposure to the light of High Pressure Sodium bulbs that give off an orange-yellow light. "Just as there are regulations and standards for 'classic' pollutants, there should also be regulations and rules for the pollution stemming from artificial light at night," says Prof. Abraham Haim of the University of Haifa. "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. Melatonin is a compound...