A congressional committee debated this week whether to end the twice-per-year shifting of the clock due to daylight saving time.
“There is clear evidence that going back and forth not only affects adults, with [more] heart attacks and strokes, but also affects our kids, particularly with teen,” Beth Ann Malow, MD, a neurologist who is director of the Sleep Division at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said during the hearing.
“There’s going to be more car accidents on the Monday following this Sunday switch, and it’s because we’re going to mess up people’s sleep cycles,” Steve Calandrillo, JD, a law professor at the University of Washington who testified at the hearing, told the newspaper. Although lawmakers and experts tend to agree that it’s time to stop the shift, they’re split on the right move, the newspaper reported. Calandrillo said the U.S. should adopt daylight saving time to embrace as much light as possible in the evenings, while Malow said the country should adopt standard time because moving the clocks earlier affects the body’s natural circadian rhythm.
“We heard today … that changing our clocks twice a year severely impacts our health,” New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., a Democrat who chairs the committee, said during the hearing.
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