Lighting
LEDs & blue light
Updated on 08/09/2020
Keywords : Light, Lighting, LED (Light-emitting diode), Sleep
Since the 2000s, in the context of energy-saving policies and technological developments, LEDs have become commonplace lighting solutions, and the number of LED objects has been steadily increasing. ANSES had conducted a number of expert assessments to better understand the effects of LEDs and of blue light on health, and to provide recommendations for the public authorities in order to protect the public.
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Compact fluorescent lamps
Updated on 04/08/2016
Keywords : Light, Lighting, Electromagnetic fields, Electromagnetic waves
The European Parliament Directive (2005/32/EC) on ecodesign requirements for energy-using products provides for improvement of the energy performance of certain consumer products. Electric lighting falls within the scope of the Directive and incandescent lamps for domestic lighting are therefore to be gradually phased out between 2009 and 2017. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), also known as “energy-saving lamps”, or other more energy-efficient sources of lighting such as LED lamps may in time replace these older products. In this regard, the Agency was approached by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) in 2008 and by the Ministries for Consumer Affairs, Health and the Environment in 2011, and asked to assess human exposure to the electromagnetic fields emitted by these lamps.
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