Lighting innovations prevent disease.(Biological Clock)

From: USA Today (Magazine) | Date: October 1, 2004 | Copyright information

"New discoveries about lighting and human health--its impact on breast cancer and Alzheimer's, for example--make us predict that the way we light our offices, homes, and factories will be subject to massive change," theorizes John R Bachner. communications director of the National Lighting Bureau, a not-for-profit information resource funded by private industry, professional societies trade associations, and agencies of the Federal government.

"Up to now," Bachner contin...

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