Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Eco-friendly Bulbs - Article Example

The article is about the use of LED bulbs that use 90%less energy than incandescent bulbs and “lasts 100,000 hours compared with 1,000 hours for tungsten filament light bulbs” (Zolfagharifard, 2014). However, despite being good for the environment, the article basing on the findings of New Zealand-based institute Scion, states that the LED lights have a problem to insects that are more attracted by an LED spectrum of light. Blue light generated by LED lights attract insects and they “claim the attraction can be fatal, causing flies to be thrown off their usual path and into the jaws of predators, disrupting the food chain” (Zolfagharifard, 2014).

The other concern is that LED light “near ports could attract flying pests, such as the gypsy moth (pictured), that are accidentally transported by ships” (Zolfagharifard, 2014). The article mainly deals with the impact of LED light attraction of on insects including a high rate of insects being eaten by predators and transportation on ships and the relation of these on the food chain. The findings of the institute relating to the impact of the LED light is interesting and requires the need for better understanding the new technology to avoid harming the environment and altering the food chain.

The impact of the article to me is that it changes my view on the LED light that I have always believed to be a worthy invention and there is a need to determine ways to reduce the attraction of insects to LED light.