LightAware is compiling a selection of articles on issues of light and health from newspapers, magazines and specialist publications in the UK.
| August 18, 2017 | Invisible Random Flicker – Two Minute Explainer | One of the yardsticks for good LED design is that the electronic circuitry should not produce any perceptible flicker. Flicker is potentially harmful to health and can trigger migraines and epileptic fits – but the difficult word here is ‘perceptible’. Read More > |
| July 7, 2017 | The Fast Lane: blinded by the light | The Financial Times “It gives everyone a headache. Lucky for you that you’ve packed your sunglasses.” Read More > |
| May 1, 2017 | Wondering why car headlights are so painfully blinding? Well it could be down to your age | Daily Mail Anyone who drives at night knows the problem. An approaching car rounds a bend or crests a hill and a dazzling glare fills the windscreen and you can’t see. Read More > |
| April 25, 2017 | LED on Washington Metro enrages city bigwigs | Lux Review The train lighting was originally designed to match the warm hue of the stations, creating a twilight feel throughout the day, meaning the new LED trains create a jarring comparison. Read More > |
| April 2, 2017 | Romance of Rome under assault from ugly LED lighting, campaigners say | The Telegraph The romance of Rome is being drastically eroded, campaigners say, by a plan to replace the city’s yellow sodium lamps with cheaper LED lights which give off a harsh, white glare. Read More > |
| March 13, 2017 | LED street lights are disturbing my sleep | BBC Website "When the lighting is right you have a sense of peace and contemplation, of aesthetic joy in the world," says novelist Lionel Shriver, who is campaigning against LEDs in the South Brooklyn neighbourhood where she spends part of the year. Read More > |
| October 17, 2016 | Your light bulbs could be playing havoc with your health – here’s why | The Conversation Our knowledge of how the light bulbs we use can help feed our eyes with the right light is rudimentary at best. Read More > |
| July 25, 2016 | Filaments – the porno of the lamp world | Lux Review People love the reassuring glow of incandescent. Read More > |
| July 13, 2016 | ASK THE DOCTOR: Flicker and why it hertz | Lux Review Q: What is flicker and how do I avoid it? Read More > |
| June 29, 2016 | Street lights bring forward the spring | The Independent "Artificial street lighting is having such a profound impact on Nature that it has brought Spring forward by more than a week" Read More > |