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CBC Technology & Science (26 January 2019)

1/27/2019

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Cannabis greenhouses are creating light pollution, but there are solutions

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"It's become very clear to us that there are rhythms that are established by light and dark that are set to natural sources like the sun," said John Barentine, who lives in Arizona and is director of public policy at the International Dark-Sky Association. "And by exposing ourselves to artificial light during those times of day when the body and the brain don't expect them to be there, it can have the effect of beginning a cascade of biological processes that might lead to certain kinds of chronic diseases.
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"We are animals that exist in a natural world and we're disrupting that natural world and that has distinct consequences."
Read more: ​hwww.cbc.ca/news/technology/cannabis-greenhouses-light-pollution-1.4993407ttps://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/cannabis-greenhouses-light-pollution-1.4993407
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12/13/2019 17:20:05

I am not really someone who believes in prophets, so this really makes it fine for me. In my opinion, there is just no way that a living prophet can ever exist. I mean, science just doesn't allow it to happen. I understand that it is all about the supernatural and magic, and believe me, it is weird. I hope that we become people who just go and understand that magic is not something that we can just believe in.

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2/11/2021 03:21:27

Thankss great blog

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