Who here is at risk ????

[MrAngryFace]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22026660/wid/11915773?GT1=10613

LONDON - It was once scientific heresy to suggest that smoking contributed to lung cancer. Now, another idea initially dismissed as nutty is gaining acceptance: the graveyard shift might increase your cancer risk.

Next month, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the cancer arm of the World Health Organization, will classify shift work as a "probable" carcinogen.

That will put shift work in the same category as cancer-causing agents like anabolic steroids, ultraviolet radiation, and diesel engine exhaust.

[Phoenix Dark]

Red wine is good for you
White wine is bad for you
Red wine is bad for you
White wine is good for you

[Flannel Boy]

Fuck you MAF!

and diesel engine exhaust.

Fucking hell!

[Himu]

NO MAF NOOOO!!!

[Flannel Boy]

I bet those dozen cans of Monster I drink each week aren't good for me either. Like I have any reason to live past the age of 29.

[Flannel Boy]

pity sex in your 30s?

If women don't pity me now they never will.

[bagofeyes]

Meh, I just wanna get drunk in life

[Candyflip]

What? Is there even any scientific reasoning behind this? Man..the sun gives us cancer, being awake at night gives us cancer. What madness.

[bagofeyes]

madness gives you cancer!

[MCD]

spoiler (click to show/hide)

PS3 gives you cancer

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[Flannel Boy]

What? Is there even any scientific reasoning behind this? Man..the sun gives us cancer, being awake at night gives us cancer. What madness.

Did you read the story?

Melatonin the prime suspect
Scientists suspect that shift work is dangerous because it disrupts the circadian rhythm, the body's biological clock. The hormone melatonin, which can suppress tumor development, is normally produced at night.

Light shuts down melatonin production, so people working in artificial light at night may have lower melatonin levels, which scientists think can raise their chances of developing cancer.

Sleep deprivation may also be a factor. People who work at night are not usually able to completely reverse their day and night cycles. "Night shift people tend to be day shift people who are trying to stay awake at night," said Mark Rea, director of the Light Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, who is not connected to IARC or its expert panel.

Not getting enough sleep makes your immune system vulnerable to attack, and less able to fight off potentially cancerous cells.


Confusing your body's natural rhythm can also lead to a breakdown of other essential tasks. "Timing is very important," Rea said. Certain processes like cell division and DNA repair happen at regular times.

But if the body needs to do something at an unusual time — like produce insulin in the middle of the night to help digest food — that can set off a chain reaction of biological mistakes.

I need to find another job. I feel like a zombie.

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Flipping shifts even worse
Even worse than working the night shift would be to frequently flip between day and night shifts.

Double crap. Nice knowing everyone.

[bagofeyes]

See ya

[Candyflip]

What? Is there even any scientific reasoning behind this? Man..the sun gives us cancer, being awake at night gives us cancer. What madness.

Did you read the story?

Oh. Sorry, I just woke up. I scrolled down to the part that said

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That will put shift work in the same category as cancer-causing agents like anabolic steroids, ultraviolet radiation, and diesel engine exhaust.

my dad has worked shifts for 35 years.
as if that wasn't bad enough, he does it at a nuclear power plant :/

I could never work shifts - it would drive me nuts.

Yeah, mine has worked nights for 20 years. Not around anything nuclear though
and I assumed it was the end.

[Flannel Boy]

Oh. Sorry, I just woke up.

Now you are just rubbing it in! 

[CajoleJuice]

Hey, maybe you can use the inevitable cancer to get pity sex.

[Flannel Boy]

Hey, maybe you can use the inevitable cancer to get pity sex.

With my luck it will be aggressive testicular cancer.

[Flannel Boy]

Proof that I'm a walking zombie:

So I guess that's why they call it the graveyard shift.


That took me how many hours?  :'(

[Ichirou]

lollllllllllllllllll

[Flannel Boy]

I'm off the graveyard shift soon. I only have one more weekend left.

Also getting a raise. And I'm going to be a member of the Teamsters... lol. Maybe they'll tell me where Jimmy Hoffa was buried.