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Squamous cell carcinoma is not one of the more dangerous skin cancers. That dubious distinction goes to melanoma, which can be deadly. When you say that the number-one way to prevent skin cancer is to avoid sun exposure, you are not correct.
Here are a few facts about melanomna:
- •In the past four decades, sunscreen use has increased by 400%, and melanoma has increased by 400%!
- •75% of melanomas occur on areas of the body that are seldom or never exposed to sunlight
- •In the U.S., as sun exposure has decreased by about 90% since 1935, melanoma incidence has increased by 3,000%.
- •As in the US, while sun exposure in Europe has profoundly decreased, there has been a spectacular increase in melanoma.
- •Men who work outdoors have about half the risk of melanoma as men who work indoors.
- •Outdoor workers, while receiving 3-9 times the sun exposure as indoor workers, have had no increase in melanoma since before 1940, whereas melanoma incidence in indoor workers has increased steadily and exponentially.
- •The advent of sunscreens, along with their steadily increasing use, has not reduced the risk of melanoma.
- •Increasing melanoma incidence significantly correlates with decreasing personal annual sunlight doses.
- •Outdoor workers do get numerous sunburns but still have a dramatically lower risk of contracting melanoma.
- •New melanoma cases are several times higher per capita in states like Utah, Vermont and New Hampshire than in Texas, which has the lowest rates of new melanoma.
So, since melanoma increases as sun exposure decreases, should we continue to blame the sun?
For more information: http://sunlightinstitute.org and read the new book, Embrace the sun.
See also Vitamin D Life
Embrace the Sun – benefits of the sun throughout the day and year – book June 2018
extensive review, description of contents, and links to associated material
No – 10 minutes per day of sun-UVB is NOT enough contains the following summary
- 5-10 minutes provides only 1,000 IU ONLY IF you are near the equator
- AND young
- AND not obese
- AND have light skin
- AND it is summer
- AND it is the middle of the day
- AND you have lots of skin exposed to the sun
- AND you are lying down
- AND you are not wearing sunscreen
- AND you have a healthy Liver
- AND no clouds and nor air pollution
- AND you have good response to sunshine (4X variation between individuals)
Noontime sun and D category starts with
Noontime sun and D hassee also
No – 10 minutes per day of sun-UVB is NOT enough
Vitamin D Myths - SUN
Optimize vitamin D from the sun
Overview Suntans melanoma and vitamin D
Overview UV and vitamin D
Avoiding the sun may be as bad as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day – July 2019
Fewer cognitive problems if more sun or Vitamin D
Which Is Worse - Avoiding Sunlight or Vitamin D Deficiency – April 2019
Have We Gotten Sunscreen Totally Wrong - Jan 2019
The Greatest Public Health Mistake of the 20th Century (sunscreen block Vitamin D) - 2017
Sunshine provides more than Vitamin D
5 Amazing Properties of Sunlight You've Never Heard About
Vitamin D and Sun conference – Germany June 2017
Embrace the Sun – benefits of the sun throughout the day and year – book June 2018
Items in both categories Noontime sun and Cancer are listed here:
- More Cancer if less sun – model adding climate helps (need additional factors) – Nov 2019
- The sun appears to generate Co-Q10 in our bodies when we eat our greens – Greger April 2016
- Embrace the Sun – benefits of the sun throughout the day and year – book June 2018
- Cancer - far less for outdoor workers
- Cancer Council of Australia recommends 30 minutes of daily sunshine – June 2014
- More Cancer, less Solar Radiation - 1941
- Use of tanning beds would reduce associated deaths by 10X – Oct 2011
- Excessive sun increases cancer all around the body – July 2011
- China has documented that less UV results in more cancer – June 2010
Items in both categories UV and Cancer are listed here:
- More Cancer if less sun – model adding climate helps (need additional factors) – Nov 2019
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 20 percent more likely if low UV – meta-analysis April 2019
- Embrace the Sun – benefits of the sun throughout the day and year – book June 2018
- Less intestinal cancer in mice if add vitamin D, but even less with ultraviolet light – June 2014
- Cancer incidence in 87 countries is related to food, smoking, alcohol, GDP, and UVB - Jan 2014
- 4 uses of tanning beds per year did not reduce rate of internal cancers – Oct 2013
- Some childhood cancer 30% less likely in parts of California with more UVB – April 2013
- The sun appears better at reducing incidence of some cancers than vitamin D – Dec 2012
- Solar UVB reduces Cancer Risk – Grant, Jan 2013
- A review of the evidence regarding the solar ultraviolet-B-vitamin D-cancer hypothesis - Oct 2012
- More UVB is associated with less cancer – study of 450,000 people – April 2012
- Getting little UV is associated with 15 types of Cancer – Jan 2012
- Lack of solar UVB in US is associated with some Cancers - 2006
- Use of tanning beds would reduce associated deaths by 10X – Oct 2011
- Some cancer due to low UV – Grant – April 2010
- China has documented that less UV results in more cancer – June 2010
- Grassroots PDF and video updates May and June 2010
The above DO NOT include any of the specific types of Cancer - such as Breast, Lung, Skin, etc.
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