KIDS who sleep with the light on could risk leukaemia, parents were
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across time zones, or the light from street lamps can stop enough
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stops fatty acids reaching tumours and preventing them growing. Texas7 @; |; o0 ]* U% ]* U7 S" Z
University Prof Russell Reiter, who led the research, said: 'Once you. q, q/ z4 Y$ P" D
go to bed you should not even switch the light on for a minute.1 k8 U7 ^3 t) x
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'Your brain immediately recognises the light as day and melatonin
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Rates of childhood leukaemia have doubled in the past 40 years.
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heard that people were being subjected to more light at night than
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Past research has shown those most affected, like shift workers, had
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Parents are advised to use dim red or yellow bulbs if their youngsters are scared of the dark.
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