May 8, 2023 | Electric Lighting Hazards
Circadian Light Research Center urges much-needed action now Many industries have been confronted with inconvenient truths about newly discovered harmful effects of their products or business practices, and lighting is no different. For years, scientific evidence has...
Feb 15, 2023 | Electric Lighting Hazards
How do you convince an industry that their top selling products have a serious health problem documented in over 20,000 scientific studies? Over 99% of lights sold today emit excessive amounts of blue light in the evening, disrupting circadian clocks and causing an...
Oct 9, 2022 | Circadian Lighting Benefits
Circadian disruption by light is a key contributor to psychiatric disorders, so in psychiatric hospitals the lighting matters. At the new 40-bed acute psychiatric unit at St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim, Norway a two 20-bed wards were built, one with blue-depleted...
Sep 22, 2022 | Circadian Lighting Benefits
Two Year Study Highlights Benefits of Circadian Lighting A major trial in four nursing homes, with a total 758 residents, by researchers from Harvard Medical School, shows that installing circadian lighting substantially decreased the number of falls by elderly...
