Valenzeno D P, Pooler J P
JAMA. 1979 Aug 3;242(5):453-4. doi: 10.1001/jama.242.5.453.
Ignorance of phototoxicity by the general biomedical community constitutes a health hazard. Certain food colorants and dyes proposed for use in angiography produce lethal effects in cells and whole organisms on light exposure but not in the dark. Yet-light-relatedness is usually neglected in toxicity studies. We urge that the specific involvement of light be considered whenever the toxicity of a light-absorbing substance is assessed.
普通生物医学界对光毒性的忽视构成了一种健康危害。某些拟用于血管造影术的食用色素和染料在光照下会对细胞和整个生物体产生致命影响，但在黑暗中则不会。然而，毒性研究中通常忽略了与光的相关性。我们敦促在评估吸光物质的毒性时，应考虑光的具体影响。
