What has happened to the world?

Question

In a magazine for teen girls:
The rays that the sun give out are harmful, and 1 in 5 people in the united states get skin cancer because of it. This summer don't go outside without a wide brim hat, uv blocking sunscreen, and 1 oz. of sunscreen applied ALL over your body. Also use UV sensing stickers to show you when it is time to reapply your sunscreen.
Looking for a tan? Make sure you do not tan outside or in a tanning bed, which is even worse. Use a self-tanner for a healthy glow that isn't dangerous.
Are you at risk? If you answer yes to any of these questions, see a dermatologist stat
Have you had 5 or more sunburns?
Do you have more than 30 moles?
Has a family member had skin cancer?
Are you taking birth control pills?
Is your immune system weakened?
Here's some tips to prevent skin cancer:
Don't spend alot of time in the sun between 10am and 4pm
Dont forget sunscreen on your hairline neck and ears
Don't go outside without a wide-brim hat and UV blocking sunglasses

Can you believe it? They are actually encouraging teen girls, who already are not active enough, to stay inside all summer and to wear a wide brimmed hat and sunglasses if they do go outside. Like seriously, the sun doesn't kill everyone, I understand taking precautions but not that much! And not going outside between 10 and 4! I truly believe this is supporting obesity and inactive children. PLUS self tanners turn you orange.

I'm not fair skinned. I'm greek and italian, if my ansestors survived all those years, I'm sure I can too. Plus there is absolutely NO history of any type of cancer in my family.

Answer 1

There's more problems with the world than children not getting enough sun. Teens none the less who will do whatever they want anyhow. Let's try to solve poverty and drug use and then we'll tackle this one. And of course, many people get skin cancer and you do have to be careful. It doesn't mean do not under any circumstances go outside but there's nothing wrong with cautioning those who may not know the facts and educating them on how to take care of themselves.

Answer 2

The question you need to be asking is why do very white people feel the need to tan? I'm white. Super white, and I have no problem with it. I don't think I have to have darker skin to be attractive. And, yes, protecting yourself from the sun is VERY important. Things are not the same as they were even 20 years ago. My parents used to go out in the sun unchecked as kids, and they BOTH ended up with skin cancer. My dermatologist told me it would be best if i became a mole and never left the house.

I do leave the house though. In fact, I'm a biologist and I have to work outside. My coworkers laugh at me for putting on sun block dutifully 2 times a day, but I do it. I do it because I want to live. And, if I were you, I'd do it too. Just because you don't burn doesn't mean you aren't doing harm to yourself. I'm glad that magazine is telling girls to be careful. They need to hear it. So do you apparently.

Answer 3

I do not understand how a long way your proposal of awareness extends. Does it it finish on the finger? Is all of it within the brain? Is a rock aware? Certainty a rock isn't conscious, neither is the finger. What then do you imply via awareness? Neurological recreation? The potential to compute fact or power? Even the atomic strucure of a rock interacts with itself inflicting atomic computation which results in its possess manifestation. Let's say hypothetically, we absolutely 'knew' that each and every residing factor within the whole multiverse were destroyed. How might we all know if we had been destroyed? What one-awareness is, is best the awakening of the way the universe is a unmarried factor. Not all lifestyles is competent to assimilate one of these perception. Doing so isn't even essential, and you'll be able to even disregard that the universe is a unmarried unit. How? Think the whole thing is on its own. The 2 may even be concept of as complimentary. Its a dualism.

Answer 4

1) not all self-tanners turn you orange. I am quite happy with Coppertone's Endless Summer tanning lotion.
2) I think the author is trying to scare it into stubborn teenage-heads that the sun is truly something to be cautious about. Young girls nowadays think it's so cool to have a tanning bed tan, or simply no tan lines, but what they don't realize is how it affects their health, and it affects how you look as you age. I had an employee who was obsessed with tanning. She was only 40, but she looked more like 48 because she was so dark and her skin was literally leathery looking. It was not a pleasant look for her.

I don't make a point of taking the measures suggested in the magazine, but cancer tends to run through my family like brown eyes and brown hair. I don't make a point of avoiding the sun but I don't go looking for a natural tan (or one from a bed) either.

Answer 5

Well it's true. You can get more risk of skin cancer the longer you are outside in the hot summer sun. And tanning beds are more risky then being outside in the sun.

Answer 6

Yea- when our parents (or mine) were kids, their parents just said "Go on outside, get some colour on your cheeks!" but now it's like, "Now Tommy dear, come get your sunscreen, don't forget your hat, make sure to take your calcium pill, your vitamins, and mucinex (just in case!)! OH! And don't forget your oxygen tank in case your in a car accident and you're stuck under a cache of fallen concrete with little or no air!"

ARRG!

Answer 7

haha
i read that in the magazine and thought the same thing
its sooo stupid, who has more then 30 moles??
and tanning outside is sooo much healthier then spray on tans or tanning beds.
Also i read in an article (not in seventeen) that taking off the hat in the sun is good for your skin
its just soo stupid

Answer 8

Not good self tanners.

What I also find interesting, is there in an increase in childhood rickets in the US - where you dont get enough sun or vitamin D.

Plus its just common now to wear sunscreen. I dont see it as a big deal.

Answer 9

Well it does not seem like a big deal now but the problems happen when people get very wrinkled prematurely....they are 30 but look 50, and then they are 40 and are deceased from cancer.

Thank you and good day,

Answer 10

I've had lots of sunburns and nothings happened to me!! If you know how to properly take care of a sunburn you should be fine. as for the other stuff, no clue. But really. you are encouraged to stay healthy by playing outside by everyone and then people are making it sound like you'll die if you take a step outside!! this is absurd!!