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...
Nov 13, 2022 | Electric Lighting Hazards
As the clocks “fall back” for the end of Daylight Savings Time, it also signals the beginning of Drowsy Driving Awareness Week (Nov. 7 – Nov. 14). The National Sleep Foundation aims to inform the public on the dangers of drowsy driving, a common...
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 | Electric Lighting Hazards
Being a “Light” Sleeper is Bad for You Sleeping with the lights on at night is surprisingly common in the elderly, and it had devastating effects on their health The rates of obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure were almost doubled in Chicago...
