Josh bryant says the sunshine protection act, permanent d s t, is healthy. People like getting up shortly after sunrise, and they like having as much daylight as possible during the day,. That's what we have as a policy now. And if you change that, you're just acting with that. I don't think there's any death certificate that says this person died due to saving time. But there have been some studies that looked like the increased amount of traffic accidents, a work accidents and other such calamities on the day after - especially in the spring.
A bill to make daylight saving time permanent slipped through the Senate. Now, the real fight for time begins.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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