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Re: Ozone layers and skin cancer. (was Skin Problems?)

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From: Crispin Russell
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 00:00
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In article <4eikgi$ii8@www.acay.com.au>, ianl@acay.com.au (Ian Lowery) writes:
|> Hilary Lane <hilary@dash.com> wrote:
|> 
|> >  I heard that in Australia, it is mandatory for school children to
|> >  wear hats that shield their face from the sun...and also
|> >  shield the back of their neck because Australia has the highest 
|> >  percentage of skin cancer in the world. I'm unclear why, maybe 
|> >  because of CFCs, but maybe someone can shed some light here. 
|> >  I live in the US, so I don't know much about this issue.
|> 
|> I will try to shed some light of the non-UV variety.
|> 

<... Ian's highly interesting ramble omitted for brevity. (I read it all, 
really I did) ...>
|> 
|> You did ask what we think, you certainly got what I think! :-)
|> 

To paraphrase Sundance in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid":

	"You just keep thinking Ian, that's what you do best".

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From: tosca@dolphin.cs.adfa.oz.au (Crispin Russell)
Subject: Re: Ozone layers and skin cancer. (was Skin Problems?)
Date: 1996/01/29
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