Highlights from this episode:
- Mortality
- Long COVID
- Meta-Studies
- Globetrotting
Sponsored by Evluma
https://evluma.com/dark-sky-friendly-lighting/
Intro and outro music by Doctor Turtle
Headlines and Sources:
International Energy Agency Publishes Review of Health under Solid State Lighting
https://www.lightnowblog.com/2024/10/new-comprehensive-report-on-ssl-health-effects/
Brighter Nights, Darker Days Will Kill You (because of a confluence of mortality risk factors)
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2405924121
Cone Photoreceptors Don’t Contribute to Circadian Rhythm
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.10.617409v1
Melatonin production is strictly from the rods says a report from U basel
Light-Related Circadian Disruption Does Get Worse During the Winter, Is Even Worse for Cis Women
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.18.619012v1
Study Says Circadian Studies Need Better Compliance from Subjects
https://www.mdpi.com/2624-5175/6/4/42
COVID-19 Causes Sleep Disorders
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0311929#sec008
Circadian “Reset” Treatment Works on Parkinson’s, Long COVID
https://jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13256-024-04812-9
Poor Sleep Leads to Overeating
https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/food-cooking/poor-sleep-likely-leads-to-overeating-the-next-day/
Light of the Full Moon Linked with Roadkill
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-full-moon-hazard-wildlife-vehicle.html
LED Particularly Harmful to Shearwater Fledgelings
ALAN Harms Budgie Reproduction
https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6004/5/3/23
Light Pollution on the Rise in the Arctic Circle
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-satellite-derived-artificial-night-rapidly.html#google_vignette
Chile to Limit Spectra of Exterior Lighting by Law
https://www.opcc.cl/revision_ds043.html
CA Debates Limits on Sign Brightness
https://www.signshop.com/featured-june-2019/isa-partners-turn-back-california-emc-requirements/
Airdrie, AB Debates Sign Brightness Law
Amherst, Mass Approves Nuisance Lighting Bylaw
https://dailycollegian.com/2024/10/town-council-votes-to-approve-new-nuisance-house-bylaw/
Minot, ND Orders New Lighting Ordinance Study
https://www.kfyrtv.com/2024/10/22/minot-city-council-directs-staff-draft-lighting-ordinance/
Lights Out in Cumberland County, NC For Migration
New Canaan, CT Resident Actually Asked for Permission to Add Lighting to a Batting Cage on His Property
https://newcanaanite.com/homeowner-seeks-permission-for-lighted-batting-cage-11279816
San Juan, WA County Council Moves for Dark Sky Standards
Notre Dame de Strasbourg Shuts of Lighting at 11
https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1848059548101132700
Advocates in Pune, India Call for End of Tree Uplights During Diwali
https://article.wn.com/view/2024/10/22/NGO_urges_owners_of_commercial_establishments_to_remove_arti/
“Anti-Crime” Lighting in Stevenage, UK Blocked by Bat Safety Survey
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bats-block-plans-anti-crime-063631357.html
Jasper National Park Hosts Night Events Daily Until November 3
https://www.jasperdarksky.travel/events
Fort Myers Beach Bar Returns with Turtle-Safe Lighting
https://www.businessobserverfl.com/news/2024/oct/17/fort-myers-beach-favorite-rebuilt/
Destin-Fort Walton Beaches Hosted 1550 Successful Turtle Hatchlings this Season
Uttarakhand, India Hosts Photo Contest
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/celestial-magic-in-frames/article68788711.ece