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Article #2712Re: Ozone layers and skin cancer. (was Skin Problems?)
From: Crispin Russell
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 00:00
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". -- =========================================================================== Crispin Russell ================================ NET: tosca@cs.adfa.oz.au Dep't of Computer Science ========================= phone: +61 6 268 8155 Aust. Defence Force Academy ======================= fax : +61 6 268 8581 Campbell ACT 2600, AUSTRALIA ============================================ ===========================================================================
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10c480,bbf6ab8bdbf9574 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c480,public X-Google-Thread: 1083c4,bbf6ab8bdbf9574 X-Google-Attributes: gid1083c4,public From: tosca@dolphin.cs.adfa.oz.au (Crispin Russell) Subject: Re: Ozone layers and skin cancer. (was Skin Problems?) Date: 1996/01/29 Message-ID: <4ejj56$3fe@euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au> X-Deja-AN: 137228680 distribution: country references: <4dfaug$mb0@impsets.dash.com> <4eikgi$ii8@www.acay.com.au> organization: Australian Defence Force Academy newsgroups: aus.environment.misc,aus.general