>My friends in New Zealand are amazed that we can still spend hours outside
>without being heavily layered with sunblocks and covered up tight. They tell
>me that much more than half an hour leaves them pretty fried otherwise.
>
>Comments from down under?
>
>MIlo Clark
>Berkeley CA USA
When visiting ther from here in up/over in 1987, I learned that skin cancer
was already 100 X normal in the southernmost portions of the country.
Serious as this is to people who get it, it is not the main ecological
problem associated with increased UV penetration of the atmosphere.
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