article on light, light pollution, circadian rhythms

[Guest guest]

I am right now listening to an article on light and circadian rhythms

on The Current on CBC. thecurrent@...

They said that any amount of visible light disturbs the release of

melatonin. They said that sick people are getting better by not

turning any lights on at night. They said light pollution may be a

major source of cancer (take a look at a cancer map and correlate it

in your mind with what you have seen from a plane at night). They

said street light should not be allowed in your house. They said that

watching TV (computer) after dark, or opening the fridge, can disrupt

your melatonin production. They said that use of red safe light

bulbs can increse safety at night without stopping melatonin

production.

They said it is involved in breast cancer and estrogen receptors and

hey isn't that an estrogen receptor that's implicated in twice as

many women getting MS?

Anybody who has MS has had eye problems, most likely. The optic nerve

is very important and easily overstimulated. It is also big, as

far as I know. Careful with those nerves!

Larry: do you sleep with light or without?

-Sullivan