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"We know that sunlight causes skin cancer and that breakdown of the ozone layer exposes us to ever more ultraviolet radiation.
In recent years, the incidence and severity of sunburn has increased worldwide, especially in the southern hemisphere, because of damage to the ozone layer. Ozone depletion and the seasonal ozone hole have led to dangerously high levels of UV radiation.
Sunburn is caused by the UV-radiation from the sun. UV-radiation from artificial sources, such as welding arcs and the lamps used in sunbeds and ultraviolet germicidal irradiation, can also cause sunburn. It is a reaction of the body to the direct DNA damage which can result from the excitation of DNA by UV-B light. This damage is mainly the formation of a thymine-thymine dimer. The damage is recognized by the body, and it triggers several defense mechanisms. These include DNA repair to revert the damage and increased melanin production to prevent future damage.
Originally posted by Jadette
Folks, it's the ozone layer. We DO burn more than we used to.
"We know that sunlight causes skin cancer
Originally posted by StrangeBrew
Originally posted by Jadette
Folks, it's the ozone layer. We DO burn more than we used to.
"We know that sunlight causes skin cancer
- Extremely retarded brainwashing in effect.
Epidemiological, experimental, and mechanistic data implicate omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) as stimulators and long-chain omega-3 PUFAs as inhibitors of development and progression of a range of human cancers, including melanoma.
Originally posted by Chadwickus
Has anyone bothered to see if there is an increase in the UV index in their area?
I'm sure each country's national weather site will have Daily UV stats, trends and averages.
It's the easiest way to see if anything is up.
Originally posted by eniac
reply to post by John Matrix
JohnMAtrix speaks the truth
The sun was inactive for a couple of weeks there. It was switched off briefly for repair and maintenance.
Originally posted by eniac
The Zorgonians exploded a nuke 100 miles over West Texas recently. It was probably the blast wave from that what burned you. they exploded it in line with the sun so that noone would see the flash.