In addition, a stroboscopic affect in some LED lights — provoked by tiny fluctuations in electric current — can induce ‘headaches, visual fatigue and a higher risk of accidents,’ the report said.
The agency recommended in a 400-page report that the maximum limit for acute exposure be revised, even if such levels are rarely met in home or work environments. Long-lasting, energy efficient and inexpensive, light-emitting diode technology has gobbled up half of the general lighting market in a decade, and will top 60 percent by the end of next year, according to industry projections.The world’s leading LED light-bulb makers are GE Lighting, Osram and Philips.
Because the crystalline lens in their eyes are not fully formed, children and adolescents are particularly susceptible to such disruptions, the ANSES reports noted.