Light pollution: the view from space (correlated by researchers with breast cancer distribution)

 

During a power outage in California in the 1990s, alarmed residents reportedly called in to report a strange, cloudy shape in the nighttime sky. It turned out to be the Milky Way- seen for the first time. For those of us who live in urban or suburban areas, an overabundance of artificial nighttime light, or light pollution, is nothing new. But light pollution isn’t just a bane to astronomers and an annoyance to the rest of us: studies show that it also poses real health risks, including some increased rates of cancer.

Click here for full article:  Global Health and Wellness News: Seeing the Light on Darkness: Studies Link Light Pollution and Cancer.

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