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Are blue light glasses worth buying?

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 21 Feb 2021, 10:50am
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(Photo / Getty)

Are blue light glasses worth buying?

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 21 Feb 2021, 10:50am

Since the pandemic started, many Kiwis are spending more time on screens in place of real-life meetings, filling our time with more streaming platforms.

As a result, 'computer glasses' - or blue light blocking glasses - are booming, thanks to Jennifer Lopez and Kylie Jenner promoting them while Drew Barrymore is even selling them on a premise that increased screen time is causing us to absorb more blue light from our computers.

However, scientists say they don’t do much and people are being sold a science that hasn't been proven.

Michelle Dickinson joined Francesca Rudkin to discuss the latest information on blue light. 

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