
Light pollution: time to flick the switch
The Naked Scientists Podcast
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How Light Pollution Affects Our Health
Light is the most important environmental cue that we have for synchronising the worst circadian rhythm as well as animals also human beings. So any change that happens in the light dark cycles will cause changes in the way the biological clocks work. And what is the evidence that if you have those sorts of disturbances the health impacts are negative? 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. There is some evidence now to link disruption of sleep to some form of cancers like breast cancer and prostate cancer.
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