Independent Boston University School of Medicine UVB fluorescent tube test results (Supplied by Zoo-Med).

Here are the spectral analyses done on a variety of fluorescent tubes done independently by the Boston University School of Medicine. While the tests were completed independently, the results shown here were supplied by Zoo Med, who make the ReptiSun UV tubes. The actual report has not been cited.

You can see the conclusions made by Zoo-Med at their website:

Reptile fluorescent tube test results from the Boston University School of Medicine

Test results from comparison of leading reptile fluorescent tubes. On the Zoo Med website. "Recent tests at the Boston University School of Medicine show that Zoo Med's Reptisun 5.0 UVB and Iguana
Light 5.0 UVB bulbs induce 7-DHC conversion to Previtamin D3 at a rate 23 times greater than the next leading UVB reptile bulb!"

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