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The Dangers of Light Pollution
Electric lighting has become such a part of modern society that it’s easy to overlook the dangers it can present. We’ve become a 24-hour world with cities that don’t sleep and skylines that never get the chance to see the stars — and it turns out that the effects of all this light on human and animal health can be devastating. Light pollution disrupts our natural sleep cycle, altering levels of melatonin...
February 7, 2020
The Sleep Habit That Increases Obesity Odds
If you sleep with the soft, flickering light of television or with the modest glow of a small nightlight illuminating your room, you may be doing your body more harm than you realize. A -new study- has linked weight gain and obesity with sleeping with a light on. According to the study, women who sleep while bathed in artificial light gained, on average, 11 pounds over a five-year period. What’s more,...
July 17, 2019