Ultraviolet safety assessments of insect light traps.

Near-ultraviolet (UV-A: 315-400 nm), "black-light," electric lamps were invented in 1935 and ultraviolet insect light traps (ILTs) were introduced for use in agriculture around that time. Today ILTs are used indoors in several industries and in food-service as well as in outdoor settings. With recent interest in photobiological lamp safety, safety standards are being developed to test for potentially hazardous ultraviolet emissions.

Interlaboratory Evaluation of Ultraviolet Radiation Emissions from Compact Fluorescent Lamps.

There have been many recent reports regarding the potential risks of UV emissions from compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). In some of these reports, the robustness of the measurements was difficult to discern. We conducted round-robin measurements, involving three lamp manufacturers and two government research laboratories to gather reliable data on the UV emissions from commercially available CFLs.

Scattered laser radiation and broadband actinic ultraviolet plasma emissions during LADARVision excimer refractive surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the potential occupational health hazards associated with scattered actinic ultraviolet (UV) laser radiation and broadband actinic UV plasma emissions during refractive surgery.

Setting: Center for Refractive Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.