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[–] 29 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Sunlight is also a carcinogen, but that doesn't mean you always stay indoors.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (15 children)

    No, of course not. You should apply sunscreen when outdoors

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago* (14 children)

    There's no "safe" level of sunlight, even if you wear sunscreen.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yeah but you don't have to drink alcohol to live.

    Going outside is unavoidable and using sunscreen, long clothing and a hat, protects you from a lot of the radiation damage.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Most outdoor activities are avoidable. Avoiding those activities entirely is safer than wearing protection.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    10 minutes of sun per day is typically less likely to give you cancer than 0 minutes. Vitamin D (and other compounds involved in the synthesis from cholesterol that you won't get in supplements) upregulate DNA repair polymerases that protect against carcinogens. Of course after a few minutes the costs of UV exposure outweight this benefit though.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    That is a highly myopic, frankly stupid, opinion that isn't even yours - you're just repeating things that you heard.

    The deleterious health effects from not getting sun exposure vastly outweigh the potential DNA damage from sun exposure.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    What deleterious health effects from not getting sun exposure?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Vitamin D deficiency. Rickets. Osteopathic problems. Seasonal Affective Disorder. Weight gain. Etc.

    https://distance.physiology.med.ufl.edu/what-are-the-effects-of-not-getting-enough-sunlight/

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    You can get the RDA of vitamin D from a healthy diet, without need for sunlight.

    Weight gain is caused by diet and lack of exercise, not lack of sunlight.

    SAD can be treated with non-carcinogenic lamps.

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