Article: Blue light hazard and sunglass phototransmission.(Original Article)

Article: IOL filters, protects against harmful UV, ...
Ophthalmology Times;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... pigment epithelium was found. Blue light was about 1,000 times more effective ... damage is better known as the blue-light hazard, and it has led to preventive ... safety is the introduction of blue-light-blocking filters." Ironically ...

Article: Meeting Reporter: Protecting the Retina From the Blue ...
Ophthalmology Times;  September 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... California * May 1-5, 2004 PRESENTATIONS Blue Light Hazards and Age-related Macular Degeneration ... Natural Intraocular Lens (IOL) on Acute Blue Light-induced Retinal Damage in Mice Andreas ... Image Contrast: Conventional Versus Blue Light-filtering IOLs James T. Schwiegerling ...

Article: Blue light and eye health.(MEDICAL MAILBOX)(Brief ...
Saturday Evening Post;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... a Medical Mailbox article about blue light and eye problems. Is the BlueMax Lamp a source of the same blue light that has been speculated as causing ... use of the BlueMax Lamp poses no blue light hazard to the retina. Glancing at the ...

Article: AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION SEAL OF ACCEPTANCE GRANTED TO ...
PR Newswire;  November 9, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... the Only Acceptable Safety Standard; 'Blue Light Hazard' Identified NEW YORK, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire ... W. Young, Ph.D., UCLA, as "the blue light hazard". He identifies high energy blue light as a contributor to retinal damage that ...

Article: Blue Light and Phytochrome-Mediated Stomatal ...
Plant Physiology;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Recent studies have shown that blue light-specific stomatal opening is reversed by ... closing, most likely due to photo-inhibition. Blue light-specific opening, probed by adding blue light (10 mol m^sup -2^ s^sup -1^) to a ...

Article: Blue light-filtering IOL may be beneficial
Ophthalmology Times;  October 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Kourous A. Rezaei, MD Montral-The blue light-filtering effects in the AcrySof Natural ... pigment epithelium (RPE) cells induced by blue light compared with the conventional AcrySof ... There is evidence that exposure to blue light may play a role in the development and ...

Article: Blue light-dependent in vivo and in vitro ...
Plant Cell;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... is the major photoreceptor mediating blue light inhibition of hypocotyl elongation ... understood. We report here a study of the blue light-dependent phosphorylation of Arabidopsis ... is phosphorylated in plants exposed to blue light. Cryl phosphorylation increases in response ...