Further to Weyun's post, G,
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
and as I said last week, you should all minimise your solar exposure as much as possible, esp for Tomas who has no natural melanin protection. He will blister with as little as 40 minutes direct exposure in January, and doesn't have any experience of what the sun can do. I know you don't believe me, but it's true.
There's no safe level of exposure and the damage and risk increases as you go south into the ozone hole.
Quote:
The scientists found the DNA code for a skin cancer called melanoma contained errors almost entirely caused by too much sun exposure.
Wellcome Trust researcher Dr Peter Campbell, who conducted this research, published in the journal Nature, said: "It's like playing Russian roulette.
"Most of the time the mutations will land in innocent parts of the genome, but some will hit the right targets for cancer."
You only need one cell damaged in this way to develop melanoma.