Shedding Light on a Cause of Breast Cancer

Breast cancer

My wife got cancer 3 yrs ago and passed away 6 months ago. None of her family members got cancer. She never work at night, the house use one florescent light only in each room. So light may not be the cause. But on the other hand, could it be the TV radiation because we watch practically TV every night.

Eric Soo of @ Nov 14, 2008 01:20:20 AM

Breast cancer

My wife got cancer 3 yrs ago and passed away 6 months ago. None of her family members got cancer. She never work at night, the house use one florescent light only in each room. So light may not be the cause. But on the other hand, could it be the TV radiation because we watch practically TV every night.

Eric Soo of @ Nov 14, 2008 01:20:13 AM

Thanks for the help....

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Michaela I. of AZ @ Sep 30, 2008 16:48:01 PM

LIGHT & BREAST CANCER

Breast cancer has reached epidemic proportion which seems to be largely ignored. Twenty five years ago you hardly ever heard of someone you knew having breast cancer. Now it's every 3rd or 4th person and yet no one pays attention to the reasons why. Instead we choose to focus on various "Runs" to raise money for research. If research was genuinely being done they'd have found a cure by now. Instead money is poured into all the business that raise money to run the business of so called research. I'm not sure about the light link but I am very sure about the fossil fuel pollution link to breast cancer. And yet there is absolutely nothing being done to reduce this pollution by huge oil companies. Profit over health always wins out it seems and particularly where women are concerned. If it was the men with the cancer, much more would already have been done and we wouldn't still be looking for a cure.

BROOKE of CA @ May 01, 2008 14:43:58 PM

northern people

I wonder how those human populations that have been evolving in the far North have been affected by the long summer days in terms of melanin production and its potential positive effects. Does living in the dark for half the year make up for the Arctic summer? If so, perhaps shift work should be rotated on a yearly basis.... Great.

Richard Llewellyn of CA @ Apr 29, 2008 01:02:28 AM

massive lighting problem

How ridiculous is it, that all our roadway lighting standards are written by the lighting industry? Roadway lighting should only be used for public safety purposes. Municipalities are not obligated to light all the roads.

Unfortunately, streetlights are usually owned by utilities. They have no interest in conserving electricity at night, in fact, they would like to "dump" as much electricity at night as possible.

Privately, I've been told that over 90% of our roadway lighting in the US is wasted. In California they don't light their limited access highways and are considering eliminating lighting on the ramps.

Drive through your own communities at night and consider: what function are streetlights really performing? If they are for pedestrians, then they should be lighting the areas where there are pedestrians, then shut off when there is no need. There are button sensors that shut off streetlights in the middle of the night.

Find out how much your town pays for streetlights: installation, maintenance, and the energy use. I'll bet your mayor/supervisor would appreciate some input on this issue. No one who financially benefits from streetlighting should be making decisions about when to install it.

Streetlights produce so much light and are mounted so high that they invariably intrude on private property, often lighting up the insides of homes.

susan harder of NY @ Mar 04, 2008 09:01:25 AM

LP and the 24 hour day?

Light pollution is just a symptom of the 24 hour day. This is killing off Life On Earth. Breast cancer in women, prostate cancer in men (?), nocturnal birds die out around the world. Why? Because there is no night. How blind do you have to be? Are you just blinded by the light? LP sucks insects out of habitat areas like a vacuum cleaner. No insects- insectivorous creatures are denied food - they die. Bats, sparrows and insectivorous birds in southern Ontario. The evidence is there but experts apparently want other explanations for these "mysterious" issues. I am partially sighted. My blind friends tell me that there are none so blind as THOSE WHO WILL NOTE SEE.

I despair that we will be JTL - Just To Late, in dealing with the obvious problems which are just ignored. http://www.lightpollution.org.uk

Graham Cliff @ Mar 03, 2008 20:20:16 PM

Often Sleeping under light also can cause near-sightness.

Mo @ Feb 29, 2008 02:08:21 AM