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2024-03-30 09:42:15 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C1C900CE67C2F94DBE15B3550AAE554DEFF08B573F2B5EBC7B2A5F2123C8D748
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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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