Fact 3 - People who receive regular sun exposure have a lower incidence of malignant melanoma than those who don't.
Evidence
Researchers have known for years that individuals who receive regular exposure to sunshine have a lower risk of contracting melanoma skin cancer.
This fact is not doubtful in the scientific community among researchers, although some less-informed doctors and lobbyists do not understand this relationship, and often confuse the statistics.
Moreover, new research is showing that skin cancer is more prevalent in the northerly latitudes of North America and of Europe than in the southerly latitudes, which again suggests that regular sun exposure may inhibit the development of melanoma skin cancer.
Fact 4 - If regular sun exposure could prevent cancer, why do we always hear only the opposite?
Evidence
The almighty dollar.
Dread of the sun, scaring people about wrinkles and skin cancer, is a multi-billion-dollar industry led by huge special interests that not only conduct most of the research on this topic but also promote it. For pharmaceutical firms lobbyists sell billions of dollars of sunscreens and anti-sun cosmetics have teamed with the dermatology industry to promote a misinformed campaign of sun self-restraint. On the contrary, there is no major industry except the indoor tanning industry that could make money by promoting the positive effects of sunshine. The indoor tanning trade consists of smaller companies that do not match the marketing saturation of the multi-billion dollar "sun-scare coalition." The thought that people need to control their sun exposure is valid, but sun-scare lobbyists have taken that message too far. The preference is yours to make.
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