my previous statements about retinal scarring and lense yellowing are something that naturally happens as you age, it is NOT good for you, but is just one of those things that happens and the doctors tell you you should try to minimize your exposure to.
hell... us geeks sit inside so much, a little uv-a is probably needed =)
but ive seen several pics of people's desk areas with big blacklights sittin around them. THAT is not good =)
if your super worried about UV-A, simply install the light where you can't actually see the bulb.
flourescent lighting also gives off this radiation, blacklights just try to block the visible spectrum (hold a flourescent light up to your dyelite filled water and it will glow, unless you have a weird tube)
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