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Re:EU agrees on total ban of bee-harming pesticides by cs02rm0 on Saturday April 28, 2018 @07:47AM (#16947223)
When they banned all filament lightbulbs, everyone was saying how bad it would be for the economy, but the industry was just forced to innovate and just a couple years later everyone is 95% on LEDs.

And now we hear from a study in the EU that LEDs cause cancer. Yay.

https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/ehp1837/

Re:EU agrees on total ban of bee-harming pesticides by ethelward on Saturday April 28, 2018 @08:04AM (#16947263)
From what I understand, they found a correlation between disturbed circadian cycles and hormone-caused cancers, the mean of lighting doesn't seem to play a role.
Re:EU agrees on total ban of bee-harming pesticides by platelminto on Saturday April 28, 2018 @11:33AM (#16948115)
That seems right - they only mention LEDs as a possible factor for the increase in disturbance of circadian cycles, as people keep them on at night more than they used to with filament bulbs. The study isn't about LEDs themselves.
Re:EU agrees on total ban of bee-harming pesticides by cs02rm0 on Saturday April 28, 2018 @12:20PM (#16948316)
It was reported elsewhere that it was the increased level of blue light. So perhaps something that can be addressed. Still, unintended consequences.