[Blue Fire]

Here's a quote from: Sky and Telescope:

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There's good news to report in the fight to preserve the night sky! On June 16, 2009, the American Medical Association (AMA) voted unanimously to support efforts to control light pollution. What makes this new policy particularly important is that the AMA encompasses the medical societies in all 50 U.S. states and more than 120 specialty societies.

Why has the AMA, a powerful and influential group, decided to support light-pollution legislation? There are multiple reasons. First, the glare from bad lighting is a public-health hazard — especially the older you become. Glare light scattering in the eye causes loss of contrast and leads to unsafe driving conditions, much like the glare on a dirty windshield from low-angle sunlight or the high beams from an oncoming car. Second, wasted light represents unnecessary energy and CO2 production. Finally, many species (including humans) need darkness to survive and thrive.

This was an eye-catcher, and a very pleasant surprise for me! Very cool, eh? :thumbup1: Let's hope that their efforts actually amount to something.

This post has been edited by Blue Fire: 26 June 2009 - 11:09 AM
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[Darryl]

Blue Fire said:

Here's a quote from: Sky and Telescope:
This was an eye-catcher, and a very pleasant surprise for me! Very cool, eh? :thumbup1: Let's hope that their efforts actually amount to something.

Hi Blue Fire,

This is very cool. Here is a site we should all be supporting International Dark-Sky Association. In addition here is the original document from the AMA http://docs.darksky....20pollution.pdf

Regards,
Darryl