Halogen Safety From: The Washington Post | Date: April 30, 1992| Author: | Copyright 1992 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

A "substantial amount" of the halogen lights sold in the United States already have the glass or plastic shields recommended by Italian researchers who recently found some risk of skin cancer from the lights, spokesmen for lighting manufacturers say. Lights without such shields carry instructions for safe use, they say.

Researchers at the University of Genoa School of Medicine exposed four laboratory mice to 50-watt uncovered halogen lamps for 12 hours a day. They reported in the British journal Nature that these mice developed skin lesions and tumors while mice exposed to lights with ...

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