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== Real Life ==
* L.E.D lights have(especially muchpoor-quality ones) have more blue light in them thenthan florescentfluorescent lights, and the most sensitive spot on the human retina, the fovea centralis, has no blue light-detecting cones, so blue lights are much more uncomfortable for the human eye to look at. This has raised some health concerns about them, as they may disrupt humans' sleep patterns, since they suppress the production of melatonin, the sleep hormone.
** This is because most “white” LEDs are made by starting with blue emitters, then adding a layer of fluorescent compounds (“phosphors”, although not all such compounds actually contain the element phosphorus) to convert some of the blue light to the longer wavelengths. Low-grade LEDs may use less phosphors than desirable, and phosphors can also degrade causing the light to gradually turn bluer with age.
 
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