LightAware is compiling a selection of articles on issues of light and health from newspapers, magazines and specialist publications in the UK.
| April 22, 2018 | New LED street lights are cheaper and greener but not everybody is happy | The Chester Chronicle The future is bright but it won’t be orange as old sodium lamps make way for LED lights across Cheshire West. New energy efficient council street lights are saving taxpayers’ money and the earth’s scarce resources but have generated more than 200 complaints. Read More > |
| April 11, 2018 | Diabetes, weight problems and even cancer! Terrifying new research into light pollution reveals why it’s time to see the LIGHT on the blight that harms us all | Mail Online 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'. Read More > |
| April 10, 2018 | The future’s orange: City considers amber street lights | LUX Your Independent Guide to Lighting 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. Read More > |
| 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 > |