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American Medical Association warns of health and safety problems from 'white' LED streetlights

  • Written by Richard G. 'Bugs' Stevens, Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
imageNew LED-based streetlights are whiter than traditional ones and contain more blue light, which can disrupt people's circadian rhythms.meltedplastic/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

The American Medical Association (AMA) has just adopted an official policy statement about street lighting: cool it and dim it.

The statement, adopted unanimously at the AMA’s an...

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