High-intensity LED street lights (such as street lamps used in cities such as Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, and Houston) emit invisible blue light that can interfere with sleep or increase the risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease, Disease risk, which is the latest warning issued by the American Medical Association.
The American Medical Association also warned that these light-emitting diodes will affect people’s vision of driving at night, according to the Washington Post reported on Sept. 25, according to the US Daquan News Network.
In recent years, experts have raised similar concerns. The American Medical Association’s report shows that the worry is not unfounded. At the same time, the report also prompted the US states and cities to re-evaluate the installed LED light intensity.
According to a DOE report last year, nearly 13% of all US / regional lighting uses LED lights.
Reported that the replacement of the LED lights than the yellow orange high-pressure sodium lamp to save half of the energy, and high-pressure sodium lamp life of 2-5 years compared to, LED lamp life of up to 15-20 years.