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Erren, Thomas C., Shaw, David M., Wild, Ursula and Gross, J. Valerie (2017). Ford and Edison in a modern regulatory environment: the first-in-human trial of night-work and artificial light. J. Occup. Med. Toxicol., 12. LONDON: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD. ISSN 1745-6673

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Abstract

A thought experiment places Henry Ford and Thomas Alva Edison in a modern regulatory environment. In a utopian occupational world devoid of night-shifts or artificial light, Ford wants to experiment with working through the night. To support Ford's project, Edison offers his patented electric lamps to turn nights into days. An ethics committee [EC] does not approve the night-work experiment and Utopia's Food and Drug Administration [FDA] does not approve the potential medical device as safe for use by humans. According to the EC and FDA, complex effects on circadian biology and thus safety of work and light at night are not understood. The thought experiment conveys that we should pay more attention to possible risks of work and light at chronobiologically unusual times.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Erren, Thomas C. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Shaw, David M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wild, Ursula UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gross, J. Valerie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-236511
DOI:	10.1186/s12995-017-0154-9
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Occup. Med. Toxicol.
Volume:	12
Date:	2017
Publisher:	BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1745-6673
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CHRONODISRUPTION; TIME; MICE Multiple languages Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/23651