RE: [GSAS-Member] Some fish available

["Scott Frayo" <ronscottf@hotmail.com>]

Ok, this is just silly.  Standard flourescent lights do not put out any more 
radiation than visible light.  Very, very, little.  Sunlight puts out more.  
A UVA/UVB light has a slightly higher activity level than sunlight but still 
WAY less than say, an x-ray.  Is the "radiation" comming off of a UVA/UVB 
bulb measurable?  Yes, but so is sunlight.  The reality is that there is no 
significant difference between the amount of radiation comming from a 
flourescent UVA/UVB light and sunlight.  You might lose something on the 
order of 0.5 fish per million for the extra radiation they are being exposed 
to.  Is this really different than their living in their natural habitat 
exposed to sunlight and injesting tritium (H3)?  (tritium is a naturally 
occuring element)  No.  Seriously folks, I'd be much more worried about 
making sure my hands were chemical free before cleaning my tank than the 
radiation comming from flourescent bulbs.

-----Scott









R. Scott Frayo
Pacific Northwest Herpetological Society
2006 President
www.pnhs.net


> From: "Sanford, Dave   LHS-STAFF" <Sanfordd@issaquah.wednet.edu>
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> Subject: RE: [GSAS-Member] Some fish available
> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:36:04 -0800
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> John, I'm curious about the radiation that you measured. What portion of 
> the
> E-M spectrum was it and what was the data ?
> dave
> I'm sick of fluorescent
> bulbs. I measured the radiation they put out, and it is quite high.
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