Do LED lights affect beer?

[bruef]

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We've all heard that you don't want to expose beer to excessive fluorescent light because, like sunlight, it can cause skunking (I believe it's the UV portion of the light which reacts with a chemical in the hops, correct?) But what about the new generation of LED lights that are becoming commonplace? Are they safe to expose beer too?

[foomench]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/08/08/158426970/energy-efficient-lightbulbs-have-a-dark-side-when-it-comes-to-health

[ateene]

Lightstruck skunky beer is caused by both UV and visible blue light. So I'd expect that LED lights would also cause skunky beer.

[bruef]

Interesting - Hopefully somebody will do some proper testing on this at some point...