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Claims that LEDs ‘damage brain’ halts council streetlighting pro
ject
By: Spasmod Date: May 11, 2013, 11:24 am
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Claims that LEDs ‘damage brain’ halts council streetlighting
project
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[quote]A local authority is to delay the introduction of some
26,000 LED street lights – after a protestor claimed they would
‘damage the brains’ of local residents and that they were an
‘untried and untested’ technology.
The £8 million roll-out of the luminaires in Altrincham,
Cheshire, was halted by Trafford council after protest leader
Simon Nicholas claimed the light from the LEDs could damage the
brains of people living nearby.
Scientific research on LEDs has linked them to disrupted sleep
patterns, alleges Nicholas, who says there is also a glare
danger to drivers.
The protesters say the new luminaires are not in keeping with
conservation areas and the heritage lamp-posts are unsuitable
for LED light engines.
Trafford councillors were due to vote on the plans at a meeting
– but the proposal was withdrawn until more research is
conducted on the proposals to ensure their safety.
Birmingham and Bath councils have already been forced to ditch
or delay the installation of LED street lights because residents
said they 'looked like UFOs' – while Salford residents
complained they were not bright enough when the lights were
trialled in 2011.
Nicholas, a member of Bowdon Conservation Society, told the
Manchester Evening News: ‘It’s an expensive solution to a
non-existent problem. We have a perfectly fine street lighting
system already. This is untried, untested new technology.’
The council says it can save 70 per cent on energy bills from
the LED lights because they can be dimmed in the early hours
from a central control centre.
Councillor Alan Mitchell, Trafford’s executive member for
highways, promised that the report on LEDs was removed ‘to
ensure that all the relevant information... is included’. He
said it will be published when everything is finalised in
June.[/quote]
And yet, we have to tolerate terrible PWM on car tail lights ?!
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Re: Claims that LEDs ‘damage brain’ halts council streetlighting
project
By: MRsDNF Date: May 12, 2013, 4:19 am
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My family think that we all have severe brain damage caused by
led fever. Perhaps there is truth to this theory. I here by
declare that I will be in the presence off an led light for the
next six months to see if my madness decreases. Wow, I've turned
into a Guinea Pig from a Moose. This was caused by led lights.
Someone got this fellows phone number. If I start rushing around
with my led lights I would off changed from an Aussie Guinea Pig
to a Russian Guinea Pig. Maybe I should be a scientist with all
this experimenting. Anyone want to nominate me for a Noble Peace
Prize? Worlds greatest led experimenter. Yippee. You gotta luv
led's. Give us all led street lights so the whole world can be
mad just like us.
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Re: Claims that LEDs ‘damage brain’ halts council streetlighting
project
By: CarpentryHero Date: May 17, 2013, 10:40 pm
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Sounds like old time close minded peeps trying to dig there
heals in to prevent change.
Part of the article states the glare is dangerous where another
states they weren't bright enough. Give me a break lol
Look like UFO's cause they look new :o
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Re: Claims that LEDs ‘damage brain’ halts council streetlighting
project
By: Spasmod Date: May 17, 2013, 11:17 pm
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You guys crack me up :D LOL
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