Wahi a kahi noiʻi ʻAmelika hou, ʻo ka ʻike ʻia ʻana i nā kukui artificial ikaika ma waho i ka pō e hoʻonui i ka nui o ka maʻi maʻi thyroid e 55%. 

ʻO nā kukui alanui a me nā puka aniani i hoʻomālamalama ʻia i ka pō e hoʻopilikia i ka uaki o loko, a hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ka ulu ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi thyroid e 55%. Hōʻike ʻia kēia e kahi noiʻi i mālama ʻia no kahi kokoke i 13 mau makahiki e nā mea noiʻi ma ke Kulanui o Texas, ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, i paʻi ʻia ma Pepeluali 8 ma ka puke pai o ka American Cancer Society. No ka hōʻea ʻana i kēia hopena, ua hahai kahi hui ʻepekema no 12,8 mau makahiki 464 ʻAmelika makua a lākou i kiʻi ai ma 371 a me 1995. I kēlā manawa, aia lākou ma waena o 1996 a me 50 mau makahiki. A laila koho lākou i nā pae kukui artificial i ka pō i ka poʻe i komo me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kiʻi satellite. Hoʻopili ʻia ka ʻikepili me ka National Cancer Registry no ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi thyroid a hiki i 71. ʻO ka hopena, ua ʻike ʻia nā maʻi maʻi thyroid 2011, 856 i nā kāne a me 384 i nā wahine. Hōʻike nā mea noiʻi e pili ana ka pae kiʻekiʻe o ka mālamalama me kahi 472% kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi thyroid. Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻano maʻi maʻi maʻi kūloko i nā wahine a ʻoi aku ka hopena o nā kāne e nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka maʻi. 

"Ma ke ʻano he noiʻi nānā ʻana, ʻaʻole i hoʻolālā ʻia kā mākou noiʻi e hoʻokumu i kahi loulou kumu. No laila, ʻaʻole mākou ʻike inā ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka mālamalama o waho i ka pō i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka maʻi maʻi thyroid; akā naʻe, hāʻawi ʻia i nā hōʻike paʻa pono e kākoʻo ana i ke kuleana o ka ʻike ʻana i ka pō a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka puʻupuʻu circadian, manaʻolana mākou e hoʻoikaika kā mākou noiʻi i ka poʻe noiʻi e nānā hou i ka pilina ma waena o ka mālamalama o ka pō a me ka mālamalama o ka pō. maʻi 'aʻai, a me nā maʻi ʻē aʻe, wahi a Kauka Xiao, ka mea kākau alakaʻi o ka hana. I kēia mau lā, ua hana ʻia nā hana ma kekahi mau kūlanakauhale e hōʻemi i ka pollution māmā, a ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou e loiloi nā noiʻi e hiki mai ana inā a pehea ka hopena o kēia mau hana i ke olakino kanaka, "hoʻomau ʻo ia. No laila pono e hana ʻia nā noiʻi hou e hōʻoia i kēia mau hopena.