• FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

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

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      2 months ago

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

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        2 months ago

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

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          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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          2 months 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.