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Article: New Study Vindicates Night Lights for Hazard to Infants
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 24, 2001
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Although some researches believe that the night lights might
cause nearsightedness in infants, a new study conducted in the
United States shows that the concern appears unfounded.
According to a report published on this month's Investigative
Ophthalmology and Visual Science, researchers say they can find no
link between myopia, the medical term for nearsightedness, and the
lights.
The new findings challenged a previous study conducted in 1999
which had reported a higher incidence of nearsightedness among
children who slept with night lights or overhead lights before age
2.
The researchers from Emory University and the University of
Houston, who conducted the new study, suggested another ...