Position: Health Effects in LED-based Communication Systems and Possible Mitigations

Abstract

With the invention of Blue LEDs (awarded with the Nobel Prize), white LEDs are now pervasively present in the market, and Visible Light Communication Systems (VLCS) are the result of intensive scientific investigations in the last years. In this work, we review the health effects of LED technology studied in vision science, implications of using VLC with LEDs, and new VLCS design considerations.