Saving
One hour might doesn’t seem like much of a difference, but we are human—sensitive animals. It might sound great when an extra hour is added to our day because you can sleep more but it comes with consequences. A group of German researchers believe that our bodies never actually adjust to Daylight Saving time. They found that artificially altering our sleep cycle rhythm can be damaging for our health. Studies from the PMC and The New England Journal of Medicine have found that heart attack risk increased up to 25 percent on the Monday after we move the clocks ahead. Furthermore, they also found that the risk dropped by 21 percents when the clocks fall back. Another study by the Danish had found that there is an 11% increase in depression after the Daylight Saving.
Whether you think Daylight Saving is efficient or not, it definitely comes with a cost, and it’s a big one. The Air Transport Association estimated that DST costed the airline industry $147 million dollars in 2007 thanks to confused time schedules with countries who do not participate in the time change. Moreover, according to the Lost-Hour Economic Index, moving the clocks forward has a total cost to the US economy of $434 million nationally, factoring in health issues, decreased productivity, and workplace injuries. Unfortunately, Daylight Saving does not work out well and causing inconvenience and dangers to our life ever since the the 1900s.
So, what’s your comment on Daylight Saving?
Ben Wu