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> As the sales of sunscreen go up, so do the rates of skin cancer, why? Not to detract from your possibly researchable argument but A) the ozone layer is getti

by rue 16y ago

> As the sales of sunscreen go up, so do the rates of skin cancer, why? Not to detract from your possibly researchable argument but A) the ozone layer is getting thinner and thinner and B) the people buying the sunscreen are not necessarily the ones getting skin cancer.

philwelch 16y ago
The ozone layer's better now, since we banned the handful of chemicals that were depleting it and it's had years to recover.
norswap 16y ago
IIRC, the ozone layer is actually getting thicker since Chlorofluorocarbon are no longer getting used.