LED Incident Reports
January 12, 2025 – Glenside, PA – Photophobia
I had a recent situation in the movie theater while watching “Wicked” that sent me into a blackout paranoid state; after leaving the theater, the oncoming auto lights/traffic lights/police lights just exacerbated the situation. I have no memory of the evening. I went to the emergency room in the morning and blood/urine tests showed no drugs or alcohol. I do not have epilepsy and have no medical conditions. I have been using candlelight and red lights at night in my home since 2020 and rarely drive (2018 car with only 17,000 miles). I had a similar event about two years ago after watching a TV series that used flashing strobe lights. I have a PhD and have been looking for research and case studies on the topic of the health consequences of light/flashing lights at night. My goal is to 1) figure out what happened to me, and 2) help others who would just attribute this to being “crazy.” Thank you!
January 12, 2025 – Brunswick, OH – Astigmatism
My eyes cannot adjust to the extreme brightness of LED headlights. I have astigmatisms which already makes nighttime driving difficult. Almost causing accidents due to the lights and stopping on the road is also dangerous but it’s because the lights coming towards me and behind me are so bright my entire car is lit up. How is any of this safe? We all know safety isn’t your concern and couldn’t care less about potential and accidents that have already occurred from this.
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The US Department of Energy describes LEDs as radically new technology with a directional light and unique characteristics. It is these features that make LED light so harmful. Traditional light sources radiate the light outward. LEDs focus the light into a beam. Because LEDs emit a directional beam of focused light, the light does not disperse gently over distance, so even from far away, LED light is extremely intense. LED light is exceedingly dense in the middle of the beam, but the density is near zero at the edges. The unique characteristics of LED light include the directional beam, non-uniform spatial distribution, unnatural spectral power distribution, square wave flicker, and digital flashing. Each individual and creature reacts differently to the different characteristics. There are little or no government regulations for any of this.