Media COVERAGE, LINKS, VIDEO & DOWNLOADS

AMBER STREET LIGHTING

Why Cities are Vying for Amber LED Street Light: The Future’s Orange - December 2020.

mic-led.com/news/why-cities-are-vying-for-amber-led-street-light-the-futures-orange

SCIENTISTS RECOMMEND AMBER 2200 K LED STREETLIGHTS - May 2019

CASE STUDY of Amber LED street lighting in Girona, Spain to protect the local environment.

http://bit.ly/2YyqzCK

PLACES THAT WANT AMBER LED STREET LIGHTING

November 2019 - Dunedin, NZ approves of PC amber 2200 K LED streetlights in certain areas of the city.

odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/lower-kelvin-lights-approved

September 2019 - Dunedin, NZ. Responsible light advocate Kyra Xavia is thrilled the Dunedin City Council will be installing lower Kelvin lights in parts of the city tio protect wildlife.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/low-glare-street-lights-likely

March 2019 - Dunedin, NZ. The Dunedin City Council has again been urged to reconsider its plans for new LED street lights in the city, or risk being ''locked in'' to the wrong choice for years to come.https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/call-alter-street-light-choice

April 2018 - Dunedin city councillors have been given a demonstration of the difference colour could have on LED lighting. Dunedin Dark Skies Group member Michael Broughton asked the councillors, during his submission on the council's 10-year plan yesterday, to consider delaying introduction of the planned LED street lighting programme in the city. He urged the councillors to investigate the use of amber instead of white, as it had a much lower effect on humans, wildlife and the night sky. To demonstrate his case, Mr Broughton brought a light box into the hearing and asked councillors to stare at the three different coloured LED lights positioned on the box. He then asked councillors which colour they preferred. Almost all of them said they preferred the amber light. odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/seeing-dunedin-new-light

Independent Record - July 2019. Numerous cities, including Seattle, Phoenix, and Davis, California, have made the costly mistake of installing ugly, cold-white LED streetlights and later had to replace them due to public outcry. Helena can avoid such a debacle by installing warm spectrum LEDs at the outset. http://bit.ly/2YyqzCK

WHITE LED STREETLIGHTS RISKS & HARM

ODT Dunedin NZ July 2019 - Public concern over impending LED street lighting retrofit http://bit.ly/2Spd2rB

www.lightpollution.eu FEB 2019

WXYZ - MAY 2019. This new report comes from ANSES, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety. They found new scientific evidence confirming the "phototoxic effects" of short-term exposures to high-intensity blue light. http://bit.ly/30A7ePH

NZ HERALD MAY 2019 - Experts warn LED blue-light could cause serious damage to your eyes.

MAISONS-ALFORT (FRANCE) (AFP) MAY 2019 - France's government-run health watchdog says, "the "blue light" in LED lighting can damage the eye's retina and disturb natural sleep rhythms.

NZ HERALD ARTICLE 2018 - EXPLORES HEALTH RISKS OF BLUE-RICH WHITE LED STREETLIGHTS

RADIONZ INTERVIEW WITH DR THERÉSA JONES SEPT 2018 - THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF BLUE LIGHT ON WILDLIFE ARE FORCING A RETHINK OF THE WIDESPREAD USE OF LEDS FOR STREET LIGHTING IN CITIES.

UK DAILY MAIL ARTICLE 2014 - LED STREETLIGHTS THAT PREVENT SLEEP AND CAN MAKE YOU ILL

WBEZNEWS ARTICLE 2016 - HEALTH CONCERNS OVER NEW LED STREETLIGHTS IN CHICAGO

CBC NEWS ARTICLE 2017 - MONTREAL CHOOSES 3000 K LED STREETLIGHTS INSTEAD OF 4000 K AFTER PUSHBACK OVER HEALTH RISKS

AUSTRIAN NEWS NACHRICTAN ARTICLE 2016 - RESIDENTS WANT SOFTER, DIMMER, WARMER COLOURED LED STREETLIGHTING

WHITE LED STREETLIGHTS UNFIT FOR PURPOSE

CHICAGO SUN TIMES JUNE 2019. Complaints about new LED street lights not delivering enough light and compromising safety. http://bit.ly/2wOGjlt (The issues of highly directional light, non-uniform light distribution, and unwanted areas of darkness produced by LED lighting are explained here.

DETROIT NEWS MAY 2019 - The Public Lighting Authority's lawsuit against Leotek Electronics USA notes that upward of 20,000 LED lights are "prematurely dimming and burning out" and putting the city's revitalization progress "in jeopardy."

TWO TOWNS IN GERMANY REJECT LED STREETLIGHTS JUNE 2018

GERMANY COUPLE WINS LAWSUIT TO REJECT WHITE LED STREETLIGHTS NOVEMBER 2018

STUFF NZ NEWS ARTICLE 2017 - LEDS MAKE RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE IN A PRISON YARD

SCRUNTHORPE TELGRAPH ARTICLE 2017 - LED STREETLIGHTS TOO BRIGHT AND GHOULISH

CHESHIRE LIVE ARTICLE 2017 - NEW LEDS GENERATED MORE THAN 200 COMPLAINTS

LUX MAGAZINE INTERVIEW 2015 - SIMON NICHOLAS RESPONSIBLE LIGHTING CAMPAIGNER

WHITE LED STREETLIGHTS INCREASE CANCER RISK

UK TELEGRAPH ARTICLE 2018 - LED STREETLIGHTING DOUBLING THE RISK OF CANCER

WHITE LED STREET LIGHTS INCREASE LIGHT POLLUTION

EL PAIS SPAIN'S DAILY NEWSPAPER May 2019

HINDUSTANTIMES - MAY 2019 . The study warned that the change to LED technology could worsen the problem and increase light pollution to two or three times the current levels unless corrections are made.

http://bit.ly/2K2f3bi

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ARTICLE 2019 - BUSTS MYTHS ABOUT LEDS

PHYS ORG ARTICLE 2018 - INCREASED LED LIGHTING IN SOUTH AMERICA THREATENS ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION AT PARANAL OBSERVATORY IN ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE

WHITE LEDS RUIN AMBIENCE

NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE 2017 - LED STREETLIGHT FIGHT IN ROME

UK TELEGRAPH ARTICLE 2017 - UGLY LED STREETLIGHTS RUINING ROME'S ROMANCE

TIMES MALTA ARTICLE 2015 - LED STREETLIGHTS RUIN MALTA AND GOZO'S ATMOSPHERE

WHITE LED STREETLIGHT COURTCASES

DETROIT NEWS MAY 2019 - The authority behind the state-of-the-art overhaul of Detroit's streetlight system filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the manufacturer of nearly a third of the city's 65,000 streetlights, saying a fix is expected to cost millions.

GERMANY COUPLE WINS LAWSUIT TO REJECT WHITE LED STREETLIGHTS NOVEMBER 2018

RESIDENT JUDY SHORE ROSENTHAL OF GREAT NECK, US, CLAIMS LED STREETLIGHTS ARE MAKING HER SICK. ARTICLE INCLUDES A PODCAST INTERVIEW

GREAT NECK RESIDENT JUDITH YOUNG BLOOD - 2018 ARTICLE COURTCASE IN THE NASSAU SUPREME COURT

RESIDENT SEEKS COMPENSATORY DAMAGES - 2018 ARTICLE OVER BRIGHT LED STREETLIGHTS

WHITE LIGHT FROM LEDS CAUSE HARM

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD AUGUST 2018 - Scientists say they have found how blue light from smartphones, laptops and other digital devices damages vision and can speed up blindness.

LED STREETLIGHTS & 5 G TECHNOLOGY

UK DAILY MAIL ARTICLE 2018 - EXPLORES CONCERNS WITH LED STREETLIGHTS

The PROBLEMS WITH WHITE LED STREET LIGHTING

Most LED streetlights installed today are blindingly bright, intense and glary. While blue wavelengths of light readily scatter in the eyeball causing disability glare, the dazzling light emitted by LED technology is also the result of excess luminance, which can damage retinal tissue and harm eyesight. Lowering the correlated colour temperature (CCT) is not enough to solve the issue of glare and excess luminance. It must be addressed by the proper application of lightpipe technology.

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Video ABOUT THE RISKS OF 5G TECHNOLOGY

An insightful clip that explores the health risks of 5G technology which will be piggybacked with LED lighting technology. The International Association of Firefighters began opposing cell towers on fire stations, after firefighters complained of health problems.

“These firefighters developed symptoms,” says Dr. Gunnar Heuser who conducted a pilot study on firefighters at a station with cell towers. This is the first piece of legislation to prevent 5G installation. With an organization as credibl

Video about the risks of 5G technology

An excellent lecture given by Dr. Devra Davis, who is a visiting Professor of Medicine at the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, and visiting Professor of Medicine at Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey. She provides important insights about the problems of 5G technology in a lecture at Melbourne University.

Dr. Davis holds a B.S. in physiological psychology and an M.A. in sociology from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed a PhD in science studies at the University of Chicago as a Danforth Foundation Graduate Fellow, and a M.P.H. in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University as a Senior National Cancer Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow. She has authored more than 200 publications and has been published in Lancet and Journal of the American Medical Association as well as the Scientific American and the New York Times.

Media COVERAGE, LINKS, VIDEO & DOWNLOADS

ARTICLES ABOUT THE RISKS OF LED LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY

LINKS - Responsible Lighting Organisations

ChoOsing Safer, More effective LED Street LIGHTING

The PROBLEMS WITH WHITE LED STREET LIGHTING

LIGHTING GUIDANCE / CODES / ORDINANCES - DOWNLOADS

MEDIA COVERAGE DARK SKIES NZ

Video ABOUT THE RISKS OF 5G TECHNOLOGY

Video about the risks of 5G technology