Cities are changing streetlights after learning that LED lights are too ‘blue’

‘They help cut energy costs and make the nighttime street lighting around town a bit less orange and abrasive. But cutting-edge LED illumination is already on its way out in many cities following a warning by the American Medical Association (AMA) that low color temperature lighting, like the kind used in many LED bulbs, is bad for health.
The AMA claims that blue light emissions can cause eye damage and disrupt sleep patterns, particularly at color temperatures higher than 3000 Kelvin. In most major cities where LED lighting is used on streetlights, the average color temperature ranges from 5000K to 6000K, including in cities like Phoenix, Arizona; Lake Worth, Florida; and Los Angeles, California.’
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