智能手機并不會傷害眼睛

Blue light from smartphones might be interfering with your sleep, but there's no evidence that it's blinding you, despite ad claims and, occasionally, headlines implying it is.

智能手機發(fā)出的藍光可能會干擾你的睡眠，但沒有證據(jù)表明會使你失明，盡管廣告如是聲稱，新聞標(biāo)題也偶爾給出暗示。

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非常重要

Digital screens can cause long-term eye damage, according to studies. The irreversible damage the light from screens produces in the eyes is more serious than previously thought and, RETICARE is much more effective than previously believed.

研究表明：數(shù)字屏幕會造成眼睛長期受損。屏幕發(fā)出的光對眼睛帶來的傷害是不可逆的，而且比以往所以為的還要嚴(yán)重，RETICARE也比以往所認(rèn)為的更為有效。

The American Academy of Ophthalmology spelled it out recently: No, Blue Light From Your Smartphone Is Not Blinding You. That was in response to a study published this summer that found blue light, plus a chemical naturally found in certain eye cells, could damage cells. The catch: researchers did not use any actual cells from our eyes, because our eyes have defenses against exactly this sort of damage. (They were studying a question unrelated to eye health; the Verge has more on the purpose and meaning of the experiment.)

美國眼科學(xué)會最近發(fā)聲：不，智能手機發(fā)出的藍光并不會導(dǎo)致失明。今夏發(fā)表的一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)：藍光以及一些天然存在于眼細(xì)胞的化學(xué)物可能會傷害細(xì)胞，此番發(fā)聲正是對此做出了回應(yīng)。問題在于，研究員并沒有使用任何真正的眼細(xì)胞，因為我們的眼睛可以防御這種類型的傷害。(他們正在研究一個與眼健康無關(guān)的問題;Verge期刊對實驗的目的和意義有更多了解。)

The words "smartphone blindness" appeared in the title of a different kind of study last year, but this referred to a temporary effect that can happen if you look at a screen with one eye while keeping the other closed.

去年，"智能手機失明"一詞出現(xiàn)在另一項不同的研究中，但這指的是：一只眼睛盯著屏幕而另一只眼睛閉著時發(fā)生的臨時效應(yīng)。

Other research, like the study that inspired the headlines above about a 'global epidemic' of sight loss, involves rats exposed to extreme amounts of light. Bottom line, if the people who specialize in eye health aren't worried, I'm not worried.

另一項研究，與上述標(biāo)題為"全球流行的"視力喪失的研究一樣，其實驗對象是暴露于強光照下的老鼠。最重要的是，如果眼健康專家都不擔(dān)心，那我還操什么心呢?

The AAO doesn't even recommend blue-blocking glasses or filters, because they haven't been shown to be effective and we don't know what side effects they might have in the long term. They do recommend keeping your phone out of bed, because the blue light messes with your sleep, and not staring at your phone for hours on end because it can cause dry eyes.

美國眼科學(xué)會甚至不建議使用抗藍光玻璃或過濾器，因為這些產(chǎn)品并未被證明是有效的，我們也不知道長期使用這些產(chǎn)品會帶來何種副作用。但他們建議，床上不要放手機，因為藍光會干擾你的睡眠。也不要長時間的盯著手機，因為會導(dǎo)致眼睛干澀。