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Thread ID: 46495 2004-06-25 12:40:00 OT: UV Blacklight willie_M (5608) Press F1
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247583 2004-06-25 12:40:00 I just got a UV blacklight bulb for the light in my room (very cool) but can I get "sunburnt" or get cancer from this (not cool)? willie_M (5608)
247584 2004-06-25 13:14:00 You can get all sorts of visual effects by staring intently at the bulb when its switched on Baldy (26)
247585 2004-06-25 13:17:00 Effects or eyesight problems *raises eyebrow* willie_M (5608)
247586 2004-06-25 13:21:00 The short answer is that no, you won't get cancer or anything.

I was reading up about this stuff just last week - the info is here (electronics.howstuffworks.com). Make sure you go on to read how tanning/sunburn (electronics.howstuffworks.com) works... ;)

...most especially the page about How Tanning Works, which has a box explaining UVA, UVB, and UVC - and that research is increasingly implicating UVA as a cause of skin cancer too.
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