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The result is, however, consistent with existing science.

• cluckindan 1y ago
  However, there is likely a correlation between nighttime light exposure and living in a city, on a lower floor, next to a street with medium or heavy traffic. There is likely also a significant correlation between living in such conditions and exposure to pollution, especially inhaled particulate matter. Such a correlation also holds elsewhere: living in a high-rise means no streetlights outside your window, and also yields cleaner air than living at or near street level; living in the countryside means practically no light pollution, but also much less traffic and thus much less particulates in the air. Inhaled particulate matter is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease. See e.g. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109718383554 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073510971...
  • Llamamoe 1y ago
    I've skimmed lots of studies about the relationship between light and health in the past. In both humans and other animals, our internal sleep-wake clocks are synchronized to the day-night cycle through light exposure(and indeed, without it aren't even 24h-long), and have broad implications for mood, wakefulness, metabolism, and general health. I well might have seen something about cardiovascular problems specifically, though I don't remember.