A high school website directs parents to not allow student access to blue laser pointers or allow the students to bring them to school. It includes a video describing the danger inherent in the misuse of all laser pointers particularly the blue laser pointer. What best supports the claim that blue laser pointers are more of a concern than red laser pointers?
A) Colored light falls into the visible region and the red light has a smaller wavelength and higher energy than blue light.
B) The wavelengths and energies differ. The ultraviolet blue light has a larger wavelength and smaller energy compared to infrared.
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C) Both wavelengths fall into the visible light region but blue light has a smaller wavelength and higher energy than red light.
D) These colors have similar wavelengths but the blue laser light has more energy than red laser light making it more dangerous.