LED Street Lights May Be Damaging To Your Health
- Charles Price
- Jul, 27, 2016
- Health and Safety, Human Health, Uncategorized
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According to the AMA, outdoor lighting at night, particularly street lights, should have a color temperature (CT) of not more than 3000 Kelvin (K).
A white LEDs at CT 4000K or 5000K have been chosen to be installed in street lights in cities such as Seattle and New York.
However, after these installations, many complained about the harshness of the LEDs. In Davis, California, residents demanded a complete replacement of their LED street lights, CNN reported.
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