Paul Bogard Natural Darkness Summary

In this article the author Paul Bogard explains the natural darkness should be preserved with many examples and scientific evidence. Our society has made up many artificial light to cover up the natural darkness of the night. Darkness is just as good as light but, everyone is afraid of the dark.

Bogard uses the health of many to prove that we need darkness in our life. Our bodies need darkness to produce a hormone called melatonin. That hormone can prevent certain cancers from growing, and our bodies need it to sleep. Sleeping disorders can lead to diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular problems and depression. The electronics we use on a daily basic’s we don’t need this much artificial light in our life.

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