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Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 05:33:29 UTC No. 16469270
Is there direct evidence that UV radiation damages DNA and causes cancer?
UV radiation is nonionzing so I don't understand why this would be true.
UV radiation does cause burns, but does it actualyl damage DNA?
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 05:36:36 UTC No. 16469273
>>16469270
UV is ionizing, retard
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 05:38:50 UTC No. 16469274
>>16469270
Yes, UV can cause Thymine Dimers, among other mutations, that can lead to SCC/BCC skin cancers, primarily. Sunlight will peel the paint off an aircraft carrier, if given enough time.
Melanomas are a different animal entirely and don't necessarily have anything to do with sun exposure.
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 07:14:29 UTC No. 16469357
>Skin cancer is more common in people assigned female before birth who are younger than 50. After age 50, the statistic switches: people assigned male at birth are more likely to have it.
>assigned at birth
https://www.webmd.com/melanoma-skin
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 14:39:17 UTC No. 16469622
>>16469357
Yes, this is "Nu-Medicine" Newspeak which is the most pernicious cancer of all.
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:20:13 UTC No. 16469654
>>16469270
retard lol
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:21:25 UTC No. 16469658
>>16469270
Yes, it does damage DNA, and sunscreen is also damaging DNA.