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April 10th, 2019
On 18th February, UK and Estonian MEPs submitted a written questions to the EU Commission on how new legislation on lighting will protect vulnerable groups: “1. Considering that the Sheer Report, among other pieces of research, stated that LED lighting poses a risk to vulnerable groups, what steps will be taken by the Commission to […]
January 30th, 2019
LightAware are delighted to welcome our new East Midlands Ambassador to the team. Jessica has Discoid and Systemic Lupus, and is photosensitive to sunlight but extremely sensitive to artificial lighting. She says: “I have found great benefits from having a LightAware card in helping people to understand and make changes for me in order for […]
October 8th, 2018
LightAware are happy to welcome our new LightAware Ambassador for Germany, Maximilian Blaschke who campaigns in Germany and across the European Union for the Freedom to Choose Healthy Light. He has founded a self-help group named “Selbsthilfegruppe LIGHTGESUNDHEIT” (light health self help group) to help light sensitive people. Maximilian has been instrumental in LightAware’s plans […]
October 4th, 2018
On 30th September the Guardian newspaper published an article which cited concerns about an increase in children’s sleep disorders: “…the rise was partly down to technology and the fact that the blue light from screens suppresses the production of the sleep hormone, making it harder to fall asleep. “We are increasingly seeing families where both […]
September 28th, 2018
LightAware Trustees met with Dr Andrew Riley, Senior Medical Officer and Dr Colin N Ramsay, Consultant Epidemiologist from the Office of the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, at St Andrew’s House in Edinburgh. We discussed LightAware’s concerns particularly the health issues arising from LED, how lighting is coordinated across different Scottish Government Departments, the EU SCHEER Report […]
September 19th, 2018
On 19th September LightAware Trustee John Lincoln attended the Darc room workshop on ‘Human Centric Lighting’. Speakers at the workshop were: The discussion ranged from the value of ‘human-centric’ and ‘circadian’ lighting to the effect of blue light at night on anticancer cells and DNA repair. The need for more research on lighting was also discussed. […]
July 30th, 2018
LightAware is a Charity which raises awareness of the effects of artificial lighting on human health and wellbeing. We welcome the publication of the SCHEER Report into the potential risks to human health of LEDs and the acknowledgement that the young and the elderly must be considered ‘vulnerable and susceptible populations’ with regard to the […]
July 17th, 2018
LightAware have sent the following to the UK media about the EU’s SCHEER committee’s report on the potential risks to human health of LED lighting:
July 11th, 2018
In January LightAware submitted comments on the EU Single Lighting Regulation which aims to phase out all but one type of halogen lighting and much fluorescent lighting by 2020. The charity also submitted a proposal for an exemption to this legislation which would allow light sensitive people to access the incandescent bulbs they need to […]
May 23rd, 2018
In 2018 the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, published an independent report into the threat to health posed by pollution to people living in England. pp113-115 contain a section about light pollution Click here for the full report Click here for the section about light pollution included on the LightAware website LightAware have […]
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