Daylight Savings Time Could Damage Your Health & Your Wallet

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Daylight Savings Time Could Damage Your Health & Your Wallet

Moving the clock back in the fall is great, but moving it forward again in the spring-??Well, that could be more costly than you might think.??In an article written for the conversation.com, ??Professor David Wagner of the University of oregon explained that losing just an hour of sleep has far reaching implications.??According to him, your chances of a heart attack increase immediately following the time change-??And if you’re going to court, there’s some more bad news. ??Judges dish out 5% longer jail sentences the monday after we push those clocks forward.??And it affects the lives of people who work both blue-collar and white collar jobs.??Wagner reveals that the number of mining injuries increase by 6% after Daylight Savings Time initiates-??And there are more entertainment related internet searches during work hours-??Meaning white collar office workers… probably aren’t as productive as they could be.Experts estimate Daylight Saving costs the US economy $434 million a year.??So is it really worth it, for a few extra minutes of daylight???



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