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Old September 11th 12, 05:55 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default Does [nighttime] lighting pollution poses risk?

Does lighting pollution poses risk?
September 11, 2012


A panel of world experts discussed "Light Pollution and its Ecophysiological Consequences" and shed light on the extent of the dangers and harm that night-time artificial lighting causes, emphasizing that it is the short wavelength illumination that we have come to know as "eco-friendly illumination" that is causing the most harm (primarily LED lighting)

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-09-pollution-poses.html#jCp


 




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