If voice tracking didn’t finish off overnight DJs, the hours themselves may kill you. It sounds like a bad morning show bit, but there’s research from the International Agency for Research on Cancer that indicates working the graveyard shift may increase the possibility of contracting cancer. It apparently has to do with the light-dark schedule. Animals that have their schedules switched grow more cancerous tumors. Evidently, women who work these hours have a greater tendency toward breast cancer, while the prostate cancer rate is up with men who are stuck in overnights.
By the way, workers who “flip shifts” – sometimes work days and sometimes work nights – also appear to be at risk. So, if your overnight shift somehow hasn’t been eliminated by voice tracking, better sharpen those skills, and find a way to break into the daytime hours.
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