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What adverse effect can result from overexposure of human tissue to ultraviolet light?
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Ultra violet light is responsible for skin cancer. It can also be a problem for individuals with ultra violet sensitive conditions such as Lupus. One would think that staying inside would keep a person safe from this harmful radiation. This is not completely true. Fluorescent lights put off UV light. While this exposure is much smaller than that of sunlight, it is important to keep it in mind. The current guideline limit in the UK is 30 J m-2 for the eye and skin, which is equivalent to a constant irradiance of 1 mW m-2 effective for 30,000 seconds or 8 hours, a normal working day. At close proximity (2 cm or ¾ inch), the exposure limit would be exceeded in less than 10 minutes by about 20% of the CFLs tested. About half of the CFLs exceeded the exposure limit at this distance after 30 minutes. The good news is that if the distance is increased to about 8" only around 8% of the CFL bulbs exceed this limit. Also, encapsulated bulbs that have a globe of glass around the CFL itself emit less UV radiation than the traditional bulbs.
This CFL limit can be overcome with some planning. CFL developers need to keep the guidelines in mind when developing new CFL models. Also, government regulation would help ensure that the UV from CFLs is limited.
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