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NEWS ABOUT: fluorescent light

fluorescent light stories: 3 news summaries
OPINION

 NY's Disco Gym 
 Is So Fab 

Work out? Nah. It's got a DJ and paisley walls!

Sep 12, 09 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Madison Moore can’t stand gyms. They’re “so unfabulous,” and “nothing looks hot in that rotisserie-chicken light,” he writes on Splice Today. But what if a nightclub/gym hybrid existed? “Only in New York” could Moore find David Barton Gym, where the slogan is “... More »

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New York City • fluorescent light • gym • night club • health club • country club • exclusive

 Light Pollution Veils Starry Skies

Obscured night sky could be a health hazard

Jul 25, 08 2:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dark skies are being engulfed by light all over the world, creating some unexpected consequences, the Wall Street Journal reports. Over two-thirds of the world's people— including nearly all Americans—can no longer see "what is possibly the most extraordinary natural wonder," said one astronomer. The amount of... More »

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star • light • stargazing • urbanization • night sky • fluorescent light

City Lights Linked
to Breast Cancer

Scientists believe lights suppress tumor-fighting hormone

Feb 20, 08 4:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Women who live in areas with a large about of night-time light face an increased risk of breast cancer, and scientists believe it may be because the light interferes with a tumor- fighting hormone, reports the Washington Post. Researchers compared satellite images at night with cancer registries and found breast... More »

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Israel • NASA • breast cancer • lung cancer • light • World Health Organization • satellite images • fluorescent light • melatonin • nocturnal darkness • trichloroethylene • vinyl chloride • polychlorinated biphenyls • University of Haifa • Itai Kloog • Abraham Haim

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