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Artificial blue light does not contain UV light, and does not influence melatonin.


Doesn't matter whether the light is artificial or not. If the wavelength is about 470 nm (blue), it will suppress melatonin. There's been done many experiments/studies on this - here are a few:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11763987

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14962066

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20463367

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22850476

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19444752

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20652045




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