• iopq@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

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

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      12 days ago

      There’s no “safe” level of sunlight, even if you wear sunscreen.

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        12 days ago

        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.

      • ziltoid101@lemmy.world
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        11 days 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.