Even just angling them down ward is a big help in not bugging your neighbors, ... please.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Martha Fraenkel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mfraenkel@gmail.com" target="_blank">mfraenkel@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">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.<br>
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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 <a href="http://www.ama-assn.org/resources/doc/csaph/a12-csaph4-lightpollution-summary.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ama-assn.org/<u></u>resources/doc/csaph/a12-<u></u>csaph4-lightpollution-summary.<u></u>pdf</a> And it makes it hard to sleep.<br>
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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.<br>
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