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Re:LEDs may cause retinal toxicity at occupational domestic ... by simonster on Thursday January 05, 2017 @08:17PM (#13333123)
Another relevant caveat (from http://www.nature.com/eye/journal/v25/n1/full/eye2010149a.ht...) is that "Mice and rats have been shown to have lower thresholds for photic injury than do primates."
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Re:LEDs may cause retinal toxicity at occupational domestic ... by null000 on Friday January 06, 2017 @04:41AM (#13335019)
Yeah, I looked and this and thought "well of course they can't handle as much light as humans, they're supposed to spend most of their time inside walls et al".

Not terribly scientific, but pretty relevant when transferring this knowledge to humans.

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