LED lighting causes insomnia among residents, and special regulations are urgently needed for light pollution control

The day before yesterday, Ms. Li from songtaoyuan community, Ya'an Street, Nanhu, Wuchang, reported to the newspaper through the network broke the platform that her community is opposite a health club, its conspicuous signboards and lights emit dazzling light every night, making her eyes uncomfortable and not sleeping well every night. The residents were forced to install thick curtains. At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Wuhan Evening News reporter came to the songtaoyuan community of Ya'an Street in Nanhu, and saw the signboard of a health club called Shuiyu Xinqing across the street, hanging a very eye-catching Sweat steaming chess and dining room foot bath and other 10 LED lights, the following vertical 4 rows of Shui Yang Xin Qing 16 slightly smaller LED lights. The dazzling white light emitted by these 26 LED lights passes through Ya'an Street, which is more than 20 meters wide, and directly reaches the residential building in Building 16, Area B, songtaoyuan community, across the street, the outer wall of the residential building is illuminated like a white day. There are 12 households in Building 16, Area B, songtaoyuan community. The reporter walked into the 401 households. When he entered the door, he found that the living room of the household had not been turned on, but the room was very bright. The window was facing the eye-catching sign of the Shui shui Xin Qing health club. The hostess introduced that there are two old people in the family, 84 years old and 82 years old. After the LED light is turned on every night, the old man's eyes are uncomfortable, and he can't sleep well every night, and even his hair is a little off. Worried that dazzling white light will damage eyes and affect sleep, the bedroom has been replaced with thickened blackout curtains. Ms. Sun, who lives in Room 402, said that the light of the Shui Yang Xinqing health club was very dazzling. It started to shine from the dark and lasted until three or four in the morning. His 7-year-old daughter usually writes homework in the study when she comes back from school. In addition, the living room has strong LED lights. Even if the curtains are pulled, the light is very strong, so there is basically no activity in the living room. The club said it would dim the lights. Yesterday, after the law enforcement team of Hongshan Street Urban Management Squadron in Hongshan district contacted the person in charge of Shui Yang Xinqing health club, the person in charge said that he had been looking for professionals to deal with LED lights, it is hoped that the light will be dimmed a little, the LED lamp will not be turned on for the past two days, and it is promised that the LED lamp will not be turned on until it is handled properly. If the scheme of dimming cannot be implemented, other schemes will be considered, and they will visit the affected residents and negotiate. LED lighting can lead to insomnia. Fei Fei, deputy chief ophthalmologist of Wuhan Third Hospital, said that LED lighting has a greater impact on human sleep than vision. Feifei pointed out that the human body has a sense of self-protection. When the human eye sees strong light, it will choose to close its eyes or not to look at it. Clinically, it has been affected by laser irradiation, there has been no visual impact due to LED lighting. Li Zhijie, vice president of Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, told reporters that LED lights are generally brighter. This kind of external stimulation will have a dazzling effect, making the human body excited and not easy to fall asleep, prolonged exposure to this light-stimulated environment can lead to insomnia. He suggested that businesses can add an anti-dazzle circle to LED lights to reduce the brightness of LED lights. There is no special regulation for the treatment of light pollution. Han Shuang, a lawyer from Hubei today's law firm, said that the types of cases related to light pollution in judicial practice are: stop infringement disputes, eliminate obstacles, and compensate for losses. China's current civil laws and regulations already have direct or indirect legal basis for handling light pollution cases, but there is a lack of direct and specific provisions on light pollution prevention. Lawyer Han believes that it is urgent to formulate special laws and regulations to strengthen the control of light pollution and protect the rights and interests of people infringed by light pollution. In the 1970s S, foreign countries have developed regulations, norms and guidelines to limit light pollution. On September 1, 2004, Shanghai officially implemented the 'urban environment (Decoration) Lighting specification, which is also hailed as the first local standard to limit light pollution in Shanghai and even in the whole country, stipulates that lighting in Shanghai includes its overflow light, stray light, etc, they are not allowed to directly enter the windows of residents, otherwise residents may request the city appearance and Sanitation Department to investigate and deal with them according to law.