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I have some UV plant lights by my desk that are on often. Recently I started to worry if they are increasing my risk of skin cancer. Is that totally far out or should I try to point them away from where I work ?

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[-] snue@feddit.dk 3 points 2 days ago

thanks - I'll check when I get home :)

You're probably/hopefully right about it being safe :)

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

If you don't mind sharing, please do!

I looked a bit more into it and discovered that some people do use UV lights for inducing stress responses on plants. Most of what I found is from cannabis growing communities that make use of the UV light to increase the potency of the plant. I don't know how effective that is, but that did signal to me that some shops might sell UV lamps as grow lamps.

An example of a specific lamp I could find is the MIGRO UVB 310. If you follow that link and look through the images you will see that the bulb is clearly labeled with "UV BOOST".

These lamps are meant to be used as supplemental inputs to stress the plant. It is not very likely that you ended up with such a lamp by mistake as it is still a niche type application. But it is good that you are making sure.

this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2024

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