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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11835

25 July 2017
SECTORAL POLICIES / Consumers
Public consultation on potential health risks of blue LEDs
Brussels, 24/07/2017 (Agence Europe)

A public consultation, to run until 17 September, has been opened on the preliminary scientific opinion from European Commission and its Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) on the potential risks to human health of light emitting diodes (LEDs).

According to the opinion, there is no evidence of direct adverse health effects from LEDs in normal use (such as lighting or screens)by the general population”. That is not so, however, for vulnerable and...

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INSTITUTIONAL
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COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
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