American Medical Association, 2016

‘Human and Environmental effects of Light Emitting Diode (LED) Community Lighting’.
Report of the Council on Science and Public Health.

One of the earliest was published by the American Medical Association (AMA) Council on Science and Public Health. It confirmed the impacts on human health and the environment caused by LEDs that emit excessive amounts of blue light. The report details findings from an increasing body of scientific evidence that implicates exposure to blue-rich white light at night to increased risks for cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. It reported that blue-rich white LED street lighting is five times more disruptive to our sleep cycle than conventional street lighting and that large surveys showed that brighter residential night-time lighting is associated with reduced sleep, impaired daytime functioning and a greater incidence of obesity.

Chicago (IL): American Medical Association. 2016

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