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April 11th, 2018
Growing number of experts suggest artificial lights contribute to modern illness. Phone screens, streetlamps and car lights may be linked to diabetes and cancer. Scientist Steven Lockley, from Boston, Massachusetts, says our biology suffers. He said: ‘We work and socialise when it’s dark but light after dusk is unnatural’.
April 10th, 2018
The city of Dunedin, the second largest on the south island of New Zealand, is exploring the possibility of installing amber LED lighting which will look similar to the current low-pressure sodium lighting.
April 4th, 2018
Public Health England warned this week that the street lights can disrupt sleep, resulting in a “permanent jet lag.” The blue colour of the lights can also result in damage to the retina.
April 4th, 2018
FLICKER FROM LED street lights could be becoming a health hazard, the UK government’s official health watchdog for England has warned.
April 3rd, 2018
New streetlights installed on British roads could harm people’s eyesight and disrupt their sleep, Public Health England (PHE) has warned.
April 2nd, 2018
It also raised concerns about the increasing use of LED lights on new cars, suggesting that they risked dazzling oncoming drivers – especially if they are elderly.
April 2nd, 2018
The erosion of night‐time by the introduction of artificial lighting constitutes a profound pressure on the natural environment. It has altered what had for millennia been reliable signals from natural light cycles used for regulating a host of biological processes, with impacts ranging from changes in gene expression to ecosystem processes.
March 26th, 2018
Neuroscientist Russell Foster led the pioneering team at Oxford University which discovered the eye’s third photosensitive cells in 1991.
March 25th, 2018
The brightness of headlights fitted on new cars could increase the risk of motorists having an accident, a new RAC report claims.
Around 15% of drivers admitted they’ve been involved in a ‘near miss’ after being dazzled by oncoming traffic, or when checking their rear-view mirrors.
March 24th, 2018
About 15% of those drivers polled said they had nearly suffered a collision as a result of being dazzled by other drivers using full-beam headlights.
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