Re: any science to this?

[Chuck Britton <britton@NCSSM.EDU>]

And quite an industry/cultural conditioning has arisen to protect us
from solar UV. (e.g. Australias ubiquitous Slip. Slap, Slop campaign)

Any idea WHEN this UV danger became 'generally accepted'? and when
was it first noted in the medical studies.


OK, ya'll, at 2:42 PM -0600 11/2/03, Brian Whatcott wrote:
> The counter-argument to this mention of a higher-level
> natural exposure citing sunlight is this:
>
> We are heavily selected for tolerance to visible light exposure
>   in the range of  1kW/m^2 - as we are for low levels of metals
> in many foods and water.
>
> Brian W
>
> At 12:27 PM 11/2/2003, /anonymous, you wrote:
> > They must not take their children outside then...I wonder how much more sun
>  >exposure they get!

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