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The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of skin cancer

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279 points petethomas | 1 comments | 19 Sep 25 04:46 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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spullara ◴[19 Sep 25 18:30 UTC] No.45304862[source]▶
dunno man, just had melanoma removed from my ear and if it had moved to my lymph nodes I had a 50% chance of dying within 5 years. thankfully it didn't but it was caused by sun damage incurred in my youth. I'll be wearing sunscreen and mostly avoiding direct sunlight.
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gaoshan ◴[19 Sep 25 19:01 UTC] No.45305161[source]▶
Make sure your sunscreen is free from things like benzene* or you may just be trading one cancer causer for another.

* https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/is-sunscreen-safe

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1. meatmanek ◴[19 Sep 25 21:14 UTC] No.45306694[source]▶
A reality check on the sunscreen benzene panic: https://labmuffin.com/will-benzene-in-sunscreens-give-you-ca...