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		dded on Nov 20, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How light therapy can treat disorders from depress... How close to full-spectrum are those new "daylight" LED bulbs?

thrownaway2424 on Nov 20, 2014 [–]

They have almost no reds which is the dominant power of the solar spectrum or any other black body. But aiui this discussion is about UV not IR and you can make LEDs with impressive UV output.

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