Why Daylight-Saving Time is Bad for Your Teeth
Saturday, March 10, 2007
If you've been caught up in the mini-controversy about the Y2K effect of DST coming several weeks earlier this weekend, you've been missing the real story. It turns out that the biggest lobby to change the hours of Daylight-Saving Time has been the CANDY INDUSTRY!! More sunlight on October 31st means more trick-or-treating and more candy sales. And the claim that moving this changeover three weeks early saves energy: A lie! Before you move your clocks this weekend, listen to this fascinating report on The News Hour.
Daylight-Saving Time
Two panelists talk about the purpose and potential problems with moving daylight-saving time several weeks earlier.
Posted by B Feiler at 7:46 AM
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