<div><div style="display: inline; border-style: none;"><br />”</div></div>France government-run health watchdog has said, the blue light in LED lighting can damage the eye's retina and disturb natural sleep rhythms.&nbsp;<br />”<br />”The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health &amp; Safety has said, new findings confirm earlier concerns that exposure to an intense and powerful LED light is photo-toxic and can lead to irreversible loss of retinal cells and diminished sharpness of vision.&nbsp;<br />”<br />”The agency recommended in a report that the maximum limit for acute exposure be revised, even if such levels are rarely met in the home or work environments.<br />”<br />”The report distinguished between acute exposure of high-intensity LED light, and chronic exposure to lower intensity sources.<br />”<br />”Long-lasting, energy efficient and inexpensive, light-emitting diode (LED) technology has gobbled up half of the general lighting market in a decade and will top 60 per cent by the end of next year, according to industry projections.<br />”<br />”<span style="color: #222222;">LED uses only a fifth of the electricity needed for an incandescent bulb of comparable brightness.&nbsp;</span><br />