P733 CEEFAX 733 Fri 15 Apr 21:14/33 1/2 ARTIFICIAL LIGHT COMPLAINTS RISE Nearly three-hundred local authorities say they have received complaints from people who have been bothered by exces3ivj artificial light at night time. The Institution of Enviromjntal Health Officers found that eighty per cent of councils questioned had been asked to intervene to stop various forms of light pollution. $hj Institution is calling for it to bj made a statutory offence. About half the complaints concerned domestic security lighting. 5-,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP733 CEEFAX 733 Fri 15 Apr 21:14/34 2/2 A third were about commercial and industrial sources of light, and ten per cent protested at floodlighting for sports grounds. $hj authors say the highest number of complaints came from outside urban areas, perhaps bjcausj expectations of darkness are higher in the countryside. The Institution says two-thirds of complaints recorded were justified showing a real and growing problem. But the only means of tackling it at the moment are either pri6ate prosecution or mediation. 5-,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo Religion