| July 12, 2017 | LightAware asks for Meeting with Government Ministers | LightAware has written to Justine Greening, […] Read More > |
| June 22, 2017 | LightAware’s Street Lighting Summit | We have serious concerns about the effect of LED streetlights on light-sensitive people Read More > |
| June 12, 2017 | Alison Ritter to join the LightAware Panel of Advisers | The LightAware panel of advisers helps the charity in many ways, making sure that our website and campaigns are grounded in the best possible information. LightAware is pleased to welcome Alison Ritter to our team of advisers. Alison is a qualified teacher by first profession and Head of Educational Concepts and Programmes at VIA-Verlag, the publishing company responsible for the Professional Lighting Design magazine and for the organisation of the Professional Lighting Design Convention, PLDC. Alison was one of the founders of the Professional Lighting Designers' Association and has a growing number of contacts in the field of lighting education and research worldwide. Read More > |
| May 24, 2017 | LightAware Ambassador for London | The LightAware team is growing! The […] Read More > |
| May 1, 2017 | EU Commission replies to question on light sensitivity | European Commission Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks concluded that there is no evidence that blue light from artificial lighting constitutes a risk in practice and that all light-sensitive patients can choose light sources suitable to prevent an aggravation of symptoms. Read More > |
| April 28, 2017 | LightAware has new Ambassador! | Brenda Ryder is taking on the role of LightAware Ambassador for light sensitive lupus. Read More > |
| February 24, 2017 | LightAware gives talk at London ‘Light Meeting’ | Hosted by Friends of the Earth A LightAware Ambassador summarised how the choice of outdoor and interior LED and modern fluorescent lighting affects people’s health leading sufferers to be excluded from normal social interaction and opportunities. Read More > |
| February 2, 2017 | MEP Glenis Wilmot questions EU Commission on Light Sensitivity | EU Parliamentary Questions Can the Commission confirm that the potential health effects of different types of lamps on light-sensitive people were taken into account before the decision was taken to phase out incandescent light bulbs? Read More > |
| January 25, 2017 | New LightAware Ambassador | We are delighted to welcome Tania Dutton, Ambassador for migraine and Mears-Irlen sydrome. Read More > |
| December 3, 2016 | LightAware holds successful first AGM | Once the website is properly established, we decided our next priorities would be to raise awareness about the significant health and social exclusion issues arising from the roll out of new street lighting and access to medical care. Read More > |
| October 1, 2016 | LightAware meet with North West MEP Julie Ward | We hope the meeting with Julie Ward MEP will lead to a meeting between LightAware and a representative of the European Commission. Read More > |
| September 25, 2016 | Some cities are taking another look at LED lighting after AMA warning | The Washington Post The AMA report ... is likely to prompt cities and states to reevaluate the intensity of LED lights they install Read More > |
| September 25, 2016 | LightAware featured in lighting professionals’ newsletter | We need lighting professionals themselves to be light aware and to help us communicate to a wider public how fundamental light is to human health and wellbeing. Read More > |
| July 25, 2016 | Electro-Sensitivity UK charity features LightAware | The spread of new forms of lighting has resulted in the social exclusion of light-sensitive people Read More > |
| July 18, 2016 | LightAware meet with Lambeth Council to discuss resident made ill by LED streetlighting | Event: Meeting between representatives of Lambeth […] Read More > |
| May 26, 2016 | LED Streetlighting discussed at Lancashire County Council | Events: Question on the advert health […] Read More > |