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2024-05-23 12:09:52 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 481F1D7E7ED5F991CAB9EAACC9830399D230CB23F0E6D6DFAFCBF6FFED5535E0
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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 Melanoma rates increased in the 1970s: https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-ultraviolet-(uv)-radiation-and-skin-cancer#:~:text=Since%20the%20early%201970s%2C%20malignant,a%20person's%20UV%20exposure%20behaviour. Sunscreen became commercially available in 1928: https://cosmoderma.org/history-of-sunscreen/
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