Keeping us in the dark about the risks of LEDS
sir – I was interested to read the report (April 27) about possible links between LED lighting and breast and prostate cancer.
The proposed EU Lighting Directive 2020 will ban the production and sale of tungsten filament bulbs at present used extensively in television and theatre lighting.
This directive will eventually make large amounts of theatre and television lighting equipment obsolete. Theatres will therefore have to switch to the use of LED lighting thus increasing the exposure of performers and possibly members of the audience to LED radiation. Paul Hayward Stowmarket, Suffolk
sir – What will happen to all the amateur dramatic societies and operatic groups?
The Kemsing Players, to which I belong, have been providing entertainment for more than 60 years and would simply be unable to afford to replace all our lighting equipment. Kevin Crawley Kemsing, Kent
sir – It is worrying to read about the possible cancer link with LED street lighting, but it is even more worrying that there is no mention of a possible cancer link to domestic LED lighting. Why are we being kept in the dark? Alan Belk Leatherhead, Surrey