Excessive lead content of certain LED lamps may affect the health of specific populations

During the holidays, people love with a light emitting diode (LED) lights the riotous with colour to create a festive atmosphere. But the University of California, Erwin, 9, published a research report that some LED lamp lead exceeded, will pose a threat to the health of a particular group of people.

The report said, LED lamp with its energy saving and durable features gradually replace incandescent lamp, but the test found that some colors of LED lamp contains lead and other harmful substances.

The researchers of the red yellow green blue, white and other colors of the high and low intensity LED light detection, found that low intensity red LED lamp lead is mainly used as Christmas lights and traffic lights over the California state government regulations standard 8 times. In addition, high intensity red, low intensity yellow and low intensity green LED lamp also contains lead, but the content is low. The blue and white high and low intensity LED lamp was not detected in the lead.

The researchers said that lead LED lamp especially poses a threat to the health of specific groups, such as the manufacture of these lamps, the lamp broke the workers, consumers for emergency rescue personnel at the scene of the traffic accident and cleaning workers.

University of California Erwin, human health and disease prevention department director Oradley Ogunsetan said, as energy-saving products, LED lighting to become the new darling of consumers, but the health risks it brings does not attract enough attention. He called on manufacturers to develop new technology products in the future, we must pay attention to energy conservation, but also to consider whether these products will have an impact on people's health.