In a surprising note, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, plans to add working the overnight shift work as a possible cause for cancer. The American Cancer Socieity is right on their heals and plans on adding it to their lists as well.

The apparently problem is that working over night disrupts the bodys natural biological clock. The hormone melatonin is generally produced by our body at night, and that hormone suppresses tumor development.

With 20% of the population working over night shifts, espically in devoloping nations, is this one of the higher causes of cancer? That will be a while before any data is really ready. Most people that work over night, generally get used to it, and have a pattern to make it though the day and night working in different times, but with this possible news, will the amount of workers wanting to work over night drop?

On a personal side, Does it seem that everything causes cancer these days? Drinking Water, drinkign soda, drinking juice, breathing, going to school, useing a cell phone. All things that “cause cancer”. Perhaps its not really those activities, but something more deep in our DNA that is causeing the problem. Natural Selection does make an interesting case that its something with our DNA that is actually causing it. Hard to say, just my thoughts..