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That's not it at all and nobody cares about "destructive potential" of screen-emitted photons, though. The actual reasoning behind shift to lower wavelengths is that our circadian rhythms are entrained by ambient light, with "blue" light being assumed as indicative of daytime and "red" tones – of sunset (ergo, time to ramp up melatonin secretion and prepare to sleep).



> That's not it at all and nobody cares

FYI - macular degeneration and circadian rhythm disruption are not mutually exclusive, and lots of people try avoid both of these things...




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