Tag: hormone

The results of a rat study, presented at the 60th annual European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology meeting recently, suggest that regular exposure to blue light from tablets and smartphones may affect hormone levels and increase the risk of precocious puberty. A longer period of exposure to blue light was associated with an earlier onset of puberty in female mice, who also exhibited decreased levels of melatonin, higher levels of various reproductive hormones, and physical changes in their ovaries. The use of mobile devices that emit blue light is already associated with disturbed sleep patterns in children, but the current findings suggest that there may be additional dangers to fetal development and future fertility. The increasing use of devices that produce blue light, such as