Lights at music festivals can trigger epileptic fits

Strobe lighting at music festivals can increase the risk of epileptic seizures, and even people who have not been diagnosed with epilepsy might be affected, the Dutch scientific team said. Around 3% of people with epilepsy are photosensitive, which means their seizures are triggered by flashing or flickering lights, or patterns, Independent reports. Recommendation is to keep strobe lighting to a maximum of four hertz (four flashes per second) in clubs and at public events.