Message Number: YG8604 | New FHL Archives Search
From: sukiecrandall@telocity.com
Date: 2001-11-11 16:59:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Ferrets and Their Photocycles

Yes! That is it! Lots of interesting info in that article back when I
read it years ago. Will have to take a look at the "rightly or
wrongly" site and see if it's the same thing, but suspect it most
likely is.


> http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc98/10_17_98/content.htm
>
> Science News, Oct 17, 1998 v154 n16 p248(3)
> Does light have a dark side?: nighttime illumination might
elevate cancer
> risk. (includes related article)(Cover Story) Janet Raloff.
>
> Abstract: Modern civilization's use of artificial lighting 24 hours
a day
> can disrupt the body's production of melatonin. This brain
hormone is
> integral to many biochemical activities, and a shortage of it
may increase
> an individual's risk of estrogen-related cancers, such as breast
cancer.
>
> This article is NOT in full-text on their website, but rightly or
wrongly,
> someone has placed what appears to be an unofficial full-text
copy at:
>
> http://www.vialattea.net/cielobuio/divulga/darkside.htm
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Pam S.