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2024-03-31 20:37:16 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 05FF32FF1BC0F44E6F3372FA0EFA48DA59F88BAB8E6AC8A91806252EE9087CB1
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The sun does cause cancer: Basal cell carcinoma (discovered in 1827), squamous cell carcinoma (1912), and melanoma (1804). UV radiation is classified as a “complete carcinogen”: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3709783/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1011134401001981 https://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(15)00240-6/abstract Sunscreen became commercially available in 1928: https://cosmoderma.org/history-of-sunscreen/
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