Editing Fluorescent lamp (section)

===Ultraviolet emission===
Fluorescent lamps emit a small amount of [[ultraviolet]] (UV) light. A 1993 study in the US found that ultraviolet exposure from sitting under fluorescent lights for eight hours is equivalent to one minute of sun exposure.<ref>{{Cite journal|last= Lytle|first= CD |author2=Cyr, WH |author3=Beer, JZ |author4=Miller, SA |author5=James, RH |author6=Landry, RJ |author7=Jacobs, ME |author8=Kaczmarek, RG |author9=Sharkness, CM |author10=Gaylor, D |display-authors=etal |title= An Estimation of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Risk from Ultraviolet Radiation Emitted by Fluorescent Lamps|journal= Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed|date=December 1993|volume= 9|issue= 6|pages= 268–274|pmid= 1343229}}</ref> Ultraviolet radiation from compact fluorescent lamps may exacerbate symptoms in photosensitive individuals.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Nicole|first1=Wendee|title=Ultraviolet leaks from CFLs|journal=Environmental Health Perspectives|date=2012|volume=120|issue=10|page=a387|doi=10.1289/ehp.120-a387|pmid=23026199|pmc=3491932}}<!--|access-date=16 January 2016--></ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Moseley|first1=Harry|last2=Ferguson|first2=James|title=The risk to normal and photosensitive individuals from exposure to light from compact fluorescent lamps|journal=Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine|date=2011|volume=27|issue=3|pages=131–137|doi=10.1111/j.1600-0781.2011.00576.x|pmid=21535166|s2cid=9509601|doi-access=free}}<!--|access-date=16 January 2016--></ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=SCENIHR (Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly-Identified Health Risks)|title=Scientific opinion on light sensitivity|url=http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/04_scenihr/docs/scenihr_o_019.pdf|access-date=16 January 2016|date=23 September 2008|archive-date=2009-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902135201/http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/04_scenihr/docs/scenihr_o_019.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Museum artifacts may need protection from UV light to prevent degradation of pigments or textiles.<ref>Museum Handbook: Museum collections. Part I
 United States National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 1991, p.  K19</ref>