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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.
March 24th, 2018
Drivers are being temporarily blinded by modern vehicle headlights, according to an RAC survey.
March 7th, 2018
By now, most Chicagoans know the famous yellow-orange glow of nighttime Chicago will soon be a thing of the past. The iconic haze comes from hundreds of thousands of high-pressure sodium street lamps, which are being replaced with energy-saving LEDs. City leaders boast that the new bulbs will emit a superior, clear white light while using half to three-quarters the energy.
March 7th, 2018
As the city of Chicago begins converting more than a quarter-million street lamps to high-efficiency LEDs, the light — and public reaction — hasn’t been as harsh as what was seen in cities that were earlier adopters.
March 2nd, 2018
England’s Chief Medical Officer said many pollutants are risk factors for diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and asthma.
Pollution must be seen as a human health hazard as well as an environmental issue, according to a report which highlights the NHS as being a “significant polluter”.
February 27th, 2018
North Hills trustees were cautious about discussing potentially converting the village’s lights to light emitting diodes, also known as LEDs, as a lawsuit is pending on the issue in another North Shore village.
February 13th, 2018
“We need bike lights to be a proper colour temperature, not too blinding.”
January 29th, 2018
An international team of opthalmologists, neurologists and biologists warn that the blue light in LED bulbs and screens presents an untold risk to human health… LEDs are far more disruptive to circadian rhythms than incandescent, halogen, and even fluorescent lights, study finds.
January 18th, 2018
Biologically benign forms of energy efficient lighting are needed. I call on physicists, engineers, medical experts, biologists and designers to develop them.
January 16th, 2018
Artificial illumination can stop us sleeping and make us ill. We need fresh strategies and technologies, argues Karolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska.
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