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Light Pollution

5 Live Science Podcast

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How Light Pollution Affects Our Health

Light is the most important environmental cube for synchronizing our circadian rhythm as well as animals also human beings have that. Any change in the light dark cycles will cause changes in the way the biological clocks work and therefore affecting our sleep patterns. The long-term effects are quite serious, we go from an increased incidence of obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes to more significant increase in fatal and unfaithful heart attacks and strokes. And there is some evidence now to link disruption of sleep to some form of cancer like breast cancer and prostate cancer.

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