The government knows about the heart attacks and all, it's
not just the National Geographic author in the referenced article making it up.
The Congressional Research Service has had all the information. For example, in
their own studies they have found the following:
"potential health effects
associated with the spring and fall transition to DST and found a cumulative
effect of sleep loss and increased risk for incidence of acute myocardial
infarction in specific subgroups (Congressional Research Service)."
Of course, the common man hears the phrase myocardial
infarction and doesn't immediately think it's a heart attack. Maybe it's not
deceptive, but one wonders. Also, the sleep loss happens after the spring
change, not the fall. In the fall, we gain sleep. Sleep loss is extremely
unhealthy!
Below is an excerpt from the referenced article.
"The impacts of this
change, and the paired “falling back” of the clocks in autumn, run from mild
annoyances to potentially severe consequences, including higher risk of heart
attacks, fatal car crashes, and harsher judicial sentences. Yet with many
business interests siding with the annual observance of daylight saving
time—often incorrectly called daylight “savings” time—the pesky time change
persists across most of the United States (nationalgeographic.com)."
References:
Congressional Research Service
Below is a relevant article.
ReplyDeleteWhy Should We Abolish Daylight Saving Time?
Roenneberg T1, Wirz-Justice A2, Skene DJ3, Ancoli-Israel S4, Wright KP5, Dijk DJ6, Zee P7, Gorman MR8, Winnebeck EC1, Klerman EB9.
Abstract
Local and national governments around the world are currently considering the elimination of the annual switch to and from Daylight Saving Time (DST). As an international organization of scientists dedicated to studying circadian and other biological rhythms, the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR) engaged experts in the field to write a Position Paper on the consequences of choosing to live on DST or Standard Time (ST). The authors take the position that, based on comparisons of large populations living in DST or ST or on western versus eastern edges of time zones, the advantages of permanent ST outweigh switching to DST annually or permanently. Four peer reviewers provided expert critiques of the initial submission, and the SRBR Executive Board approved the revised manuscript as a Position Paper to help educate the public in their evaluation of current legislative actions to end DST.
KEYWORDS:
DST; circadian; entrainment; health; light; sleep
Source:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31170882