Hi Mary
In so far as the use of blue lights is concerned I find them both good and
bad
Good in the sense that I find them no problem and reduce the change between
indoor lighting and the darkness out of doors. this is the same reason the
military use them under battle conditions. The red light used for this
purpose in submarines etc. during the early part of the 1900's was later
found to be less useful than blue in allowing the eyes to adjust between
lighted and non light conditions.
Ultraviolet (UV) lighting is another matter and can pose problems for people
with limited vision (I have 30% vision my-self) but have excellent colour
discrimination. A friend has 100% vision but sees only black and white.
While I find UV no problem for him it is like being in full darkness.
I have read the comments that everyone has contributed and find them all
sensible in their context. people are different and they have different
needs like every thing there is no one good system.
I find I agree with Vin in his comment that making things illegal only takes
away any chance of controlling a problem.
The Yanks tried prohibition, that fell flat on it's face.
In UK they banned prostitution, this has only taken away the ability to
control the spread of venereal disease
The current campaign by the smoking Mafia has shown how social pressure can
bring controls by education and attitude. However this has now gone too far
and is beginning to have a negative effect in that smoking has increased
amongst the younger generations. The high intolerance levels used by some
employers (against the recommendations of the health and safety executive)
have generated safety problems where instead of standing outdoors in the
rain smokers go into store rooms etc. leading to increased fire hazard.
Going by personal contact with drug users, the use of blue light has little
or no effect when the user is aware that these lights are in use, alternate
locations and as noted by others they mark the location or use more
hazardous parts of the body.
All in all personally I'd stick to using blue light in transition zones e.g.
door lobbies, to provide a less abrupt change in light levels between the
indoor and night time outdoor light levels Too many other people require
good lighting for their own health needs to make a blanket change to stop a
small number of drug users discarding needles.
Why not try putting needle disposal boxes in the toilets this could be a
better solution as other groups need to dispose of their used needles
safely. People tend to dispose of used items quickly whether they are legal
or not. So how about trying this as a solution.
Dave Croft
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Subject: blue light toilets.
> Dear All,
> What is your opinion on blue light toilets?
> In Bournemouth the Council has installed blue lights in their toilets.
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> effect of this is that it had the impact of reducing the number of
discarded
> used needles in public toilets. Apparently for users their veins are
almost
> impossible to see under blue light thereby making injection very difficult
> if not impossible. Results in Bournemouth were 75% reduction in discarded
> needles
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