Light Pollution, Inequitable Health Impacts, and Human Rights
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Light Pollution, Inequitable Health Impacts, and Human Rights
Krishraj Singh Sikarwar and Princy Singh Sikarwar
Global night sky brightness increased by nearly 10% every year between 2011 and 2022, which is more than an astronomical inconvenience. Artificial light at night (ALAN) also has an adverse effect on human health and ecology yet it is barely regulated, almost entirely invisible in public health discourse, and profoundly unequal in its distribution. We argue that light pollution is in...