Good point on Antarctica. Weird as it seems, the reseach shows you're six times less likely to die of skin cancer if you're a sunseeker. (Twice as likely to get it; just not die of it.) Plus longevity benefits, etc.
I think another (earlier?) article in the same magazine might be better. I really need to get my computer setup working again; between Windows hiccups, a failing oldie-but-goodie big box PC and a recent malware scare and spring cleaning, I'm struggline to get reorganized (and my saved, tagged medical article links exceed 50,000.)
I'm having issues finding more literature pointing to the fact that more exposure to the sun would diminish the odds of getting skin cancer.
Interestingly enough I learned that darker skin tones, while still being susceptible to, are less likely to develop skin cancer [0]. The population in southern Patagonia is large made of Hispanic descent, in Southern Chile a large portion of the people are light skinned, in stark contrast with the aboriginal population that was massacred on both sides of Patagonia [1][2]. I guess you get what you bargained for.
What I had read is that the odds of GETTING skin cancer were doubled in sunseekers but the odds of DYING of skin cancer were only one-sixth for sunseekers! Melanin appears to be very good at eliminationg toxic molecules, viruses, bacteria, and circulating cancer cells (I suspect this is happening in the interstitium.) Since mercury bonds very well to melanin, and can rip all those nasties apart easily, and we know small amounts of heavy metals (not just copper) improve health and longevity (believe it or don't) maybe this is why: mercury (etc) bound to melanin is used as a garbarator to chew up anything that shouldn't be flowing through the interstitium. (Which then dumps to the kidneys IIRC.)
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Good point on Antarctica. Weird as it seems, the reseach shows you're six times less likely to die of skin cancer if you're a sunseeker. (Twice as likely to get it; just not die of it.) Plus longevity benefits, etc.
Can you link that research please?
This secondary-source article is good but isn't quite on the exact point: https://www.outsideonline.com/health/wellness/sunscreen-sun-...
I think another (earlier?) article in the same magazine might be better. I really need to get my computer setup working again; between Windows hiccups, a failing oldie-but-goodie big box PC and a recent malware scare and spring cleaning, I'm struggline to get reorganized (and my saved, tagged medical article links exceed 50,000.)
I'm having issues finding more literature pointing to the fact that more exposure to the sun would diminish the odds of getting skin cancer.
Interestingly enough I learned that darker skin tones, while still being susceptible to, are less likely to develop skin cancer [0]. The population in southern Patagonia is large made of Hispanic descent, in Southern Chile a large portion of the people are light skinned, in stark contrast with the aboriginal population that was massacred on both sides of Patagonia [1][2]. I guess you get what you bargained for.
[0] https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/10985-sun-exp...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquest_of_the_Desert
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selk%27nam_genocide
What I had read is that the odds of GETTING skin cancer were doubled in sunseekers but the odds of DYING of skin cancer were only one-sixth for sunseekers! Melanin appears to be very good at eliminationg toxic molecules, viruses, bacteria, and circulating cancer cells (I suspect this is happening in the interstitium.) Since mercury bonds very well to melanin, and can rip all those nasties apart easily, and we know small amounts of heavy metals (not just copper) improve health and longevity (believe it or don't) maybe this is why: mercury (etc) bound to melanin is used as a garbarator to chew up anything that shouldn't be flowing through the interstitium. (Which then dumps to the kidneys IIRC.)
Still working on reestablishing my computer setup. Mysterious hard drive fail not helping...