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Wudi@feddit.uk to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Night light may disrupt the immune systems of mammals, and even raise the risk of death, a new study found

www.timesofisrael.com

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Night light may disrupt the immune systems of mammals, and even raise the risk of death, a new study found

www.timesofisrael.com

Wudi@feddit.uk to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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Night light disrupts antibody production rhythms, may raise risk of death, Israeli study finds
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Tel Aviv University research on mice, with implications for humans, finds artificial lighting from sources as common as streetlights disrupts mammalian immune system's natural sense of time
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    if this is from israel do we need third party verification? prone to a little misinformation and misdirection they are…

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    Did they say which night light they tested?

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      The enclosures were divided into two experimental groups: eight enclosures subjected to low-intensity white LED (CCT∼ 6000 K, Illuminance 10-15 lx, G334W, Eurolux, South Africa) at night (ALAN group), while the remaining eight served as controls

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        So a total of 16 enclosures? Sounds like a really small study. Unless they were cramming lots of people into those enclosures.

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    Here’s the study https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749126001442

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    Didn’t read it yet (no time), but is it because the circadian system orients itself on daylight?

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