Off topic: A warning about some sun blocks

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Hello all list members,

 

Forgive me for being totally off topic. I'll be brief.

Hahaha! Nevermind, I'm never brief. What was I

thinking??

 

I went to a lecture by Dr. James Jakowatz, Associate

Professor of Surgery and Director of the Melanoma

Center at the University of California, Irvine,

Medical Center.

 

He said that sun blocks that block only ONE type of UV

ray (either just UVA or just UVB) INCREASE your

chances of skin cancer and you are better off with no

sun block at all.

 

!!!

 

That's just rude.

 

If you use a sun block make sure it states on the

package that it blocks BOTH UVA AND UVB rays.

 

It has to do with keeping a balance between the two UV

ray types. Apparently, there's no particular evidence

yet that UVC is important.

 

Anyway, check your sun block. My family's shoebox full

produced 4 that only blocked UVA, 1 that didn't say

anything (so I threw it out), and 2 that blocked both.

So really, only 2 are effective.

 

That's it.

 

Your computer screen will now return to the regular

astrological broadcast...

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Thanks, Mary, for adding a practical touch, and not really "off topic"; it is

about

the Sun, related to the combustion aspect perhaps in astrology (tic: for

"tongue in cheek") , or even if it's not, it's good information, and these

discussions can be very technical, especially for some of us. Janna

 

 

valist, Mary Quinn <mary1quinn> wrote:

> Hello all list members,

>

> Forgive me for being totally off topic. I'll be brief.

> Hahaha! Nevermind, I'm never brief. What was I

> thinking??

>

> I went to a lecture by Dr. James Jakowatz, Associate

> Professor of Surgery and Director of the Melanoma

> Center at the University of California, Irvine,

> Medical Center.

>

> He said that sun blocks that block only ONE type of UV

> ray (either just UVA or just UVB) INCREASE your

> chances of skin cancer and you are better off with no

> sun block at all.

>

> !!!

>

> That's just rude.

>

> If you use a sun block make sure it states on the

> package that it blocks BOTH UVA AND UVB rays.

>

> It has to do with keeping a balance between the two UV

> ray types. Apparently, there's no particular evidence

> yet that UVC is important.

>

> Anyway, check your sun block. My family's shoebox full

> produced 4 that only blocked UVA, 1 that didn't say

> anything (so I threw it out), and 2 that blocked both.

> So really, only 2 are effective.

>

> That's it.

>

> Your computer screen will now return to the regular

> astrological broadcast...

>

>

>

>

> Discover

> Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out!

> http://discover./stayintouch.html