LightAware is compiling a selection of articles on issues of light and health from newspapers, magazines and specialist publications in the UK.
| April 4, 2018 | Street light flicker is new hazard, says watchdog | LUX Your Independent Guide to Lighting FLICKER FROM LED street lights could be becoming a health hazard, the UK government’s official health watchdog for England has warned. Read More > |
| April 3, 2018 | New led streetlights could damage eyesight and disrupt sleep warns Public Health England | The Independent New streetlights installed on British roads could harm people’s eyesight and disrupt their sleep, Public Health England (PHE) has warned. Read More > |
| April 2, 2018 | New generation of streetlights could damage eyesight and disrupt sleep | The Telegraph 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. Read More > |
| March 26, 2018 | ‘Too early to start human-centric lighting’ – top scientist | Lux Review Neuroscientist Russell Foster led the pioneering team at Oxford University which discovered the eye’s third photosensitive cells in 1991. Read More > |
| March 25, 2018 | New car headlights present ‘unwanted safety risk’ to drivers | RAC 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. Read More > |
| March 24, 2018 | RAC says new headlights ‘blinding drivers’ | BBC News 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. Read More > |
| March 24, 2018 | RAC says new headlights ‘blinding drivers’ | BBC Website Drivers are being temporarily blinded by modern vehicle headlights, according to an RAC survey. Read More > |
| March 2, 2018 | Air, light and noise pollution ‘driving chronic sickness’ | BT 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”. Read More > |
| January 29, 2018 | LED Lighting May Be Contributing to Depression, Diabetes, Obesity and Cancer, Study Finds | Return To Now 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. Read More > |
| January 16, 2018 | Make lighting healthier | Nature, International Journal of Science Artificial illumination can stop us sleeping and make us ill. We need fresh strategies and technologies, argues Karolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska. Read More > |