American Medical Association: LED street lights higher than 3000K health risks

Apple Daily News LED Street spread rapidly in recent years, but the American Medical Association (American Medical, Association, AMA) issued a formal statement before the warning if LED lights if so white and bright, the release of a large number of people exposed to blue, which may not only in the car because of the glare and increase the accident probability, the sleep cycle also affected by fear.

Losangeles a bridge for LED street after (right), the light was more than in the past (left) whiter brighter. Shooting CNN

CNN (CNN) and national public radio (NPR) reported, AMA 14 this month at the annual meeting agreed in the statement, to guide how to choose the LED lamp, LED lamp is to "for human health and environmental effects to minimize the damage".

AMA suggested that night outdoor lighting lamps, especially street lamps, color temperature should be less than 3000K. Temperature measurement is based on light in blue, green, yellow, red or higher color temperature light expressed more white light, blue light was more and more, so will produce glare, affect the driver's gaze accuracy and safety.

AMA also said that the blue light than other light sources are more likely to inhibit the secretion of melatonin in the human body at night, may lead to shorter sleep time, poor sleep quality, poor or even poor spirit during the day.

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