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Old 22-06-2016, 05:54 PM
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Doctors issue warning about LED streetlights

An interesting article.

"The American Medical Association (AMA) has just adopted an official policy statement about street lighting: cool it and dim it...
In previous articles for The Conversation, I have described how lighting affects our normal circadian physiology, how this could lead to some serious health consequences and most recently how lighting the night affects sleep...
A dark night is good for your health
Bright electric lighting can also adversely affect wildlife by, for example, disturbing migratory patterns of birds and some aquatic animals which nest on shore."

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/21/he...ama/index.html
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