[Summit] lights left on all night

[Breslers]

Even just angling them down ward is a big help in not bugging your
neighbors, ... please.

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Martha Fraenkel <mfraenkel at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is alot of private lighting  that stays on all night for security.
>  But the cop I talked to recently said that the vast majority of the
> property crimes he sees are so fast that lighting is irrelevant.
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> Anyway,  there is a big down-side to all night lighting.  Artificial light
> at night has negative health consequences.  Among these, it raises the risk
> of breast cancer by interfering with tumor suppressing hormones, including
> melatonin.   See info from the American Medical Association (as mainstream
> as it gets)  at http://www.ama-assn.org/**resources/doc/csaph/a12-**
> csaph4-lightpollution-summary.**pdf<http://www.ama-assn.org/resources/doc/csaph/a12-csaph4-lightpollution-summary.pdf> And it makes it hard to sleep.
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> A better option is to replace all-night lighting with motion-sensitive
> lighting.  Also saves energy.  Or, you can use  cut-off or"shielded"  light
> fixtures that send light down only, so that your light does not illuminate
> your neighbors.   It's only fair to ask your neighbor before you illuminate
> their property.
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