Every year Americans experience the familiar feeling of fatigue brought on by Daylight Saving Time (DST). Now sleep experts at the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) are cautioning that drowsiness is only the tip of the iceberg. DST could also be a threat to public health and safety.

“There is ample evidence of the negative, short-term consequences of the annual change to daylight saving time in the spring,” said AASM President Kannan Ramar, M.D., in a press release.

AASM outlines the repercussions of daylight saving time in a recently released position statement published n the academy’s Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, which cites an expansive body of evidence indicating increased risks of motor vehicle accidents, cardiovascular events and mood disturbances in the wake of the annual springtime switch. AASM is advocating for an end to the decades-long practice in favor of a fixed, national, year-round standard time.

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