Permanent daylight saving time could be a public health time bomb
New research out of Canada suggests that, even if Americans would get an extra hour of daylight in the evening, the ill health effects of permanent daylight saving time could outweigh the benefits. A paper published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday reviewed evidence on the health effects of permanent daylight saving time (pDST) as several Canadian jurisdictions move to stop changing their clocks. It finds that the opposite approach - adoption of permanent standard time (pST) - would actually be better for people’s health.Sorry, night owls and after-work social butterflies, but the science simply isn’t with you on this one.
- ▪New research out of Canada suggests that, even if Americans would get an extra hour of daylight in the evening, the ill health effects of permanent daylight saving time could outweigh the benefits.
- ▪A paper published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday reviewed evidence on the health effects of permanent daylight saving time (pDST) as several Canadian jurisdictions move to stop changing their clocks.
- ▪It finds that the opposite approach - adoption of permanent standard time (pST) - would actually be better for people’s health.Sorry, night owls and after-work social butterflies, but the science simply isn’t with you on this one.
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