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[kdempsey]

From my Chem book:

"Skin cancers even have been linked to a single episode of extreme suburn in adolescence with the effects showing up many years later."

Anyone remember what happened to me this pas summer? Yeah, I'm screwed.

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[mayrbear]

oh, and evidently, sunblock only blocks UV-A rays (which damage the outer dermis), not UV-B rays (which penetrate into the dermis and cause mutations and cancer). scary! alison's been learning about it in class.

love you!

[treyc]

A. That's not chemistry. I am jealous.

B. There was probably one case where someone got serious burns (not like just a really really bad sunburn, but actual burns) and then got cancer. They can't be like "Remember that one time back on August 21st at 3:01 pm when you had that bad sunburn and it hurt to touch it for a week? Yeah, that's the only cause of your cancer." You probably have nothing to worry about as long as you don't get repeatedly bad cases of sunburn.