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Thanks for linking to that article. I'd like to quote from the same paragraph that you quoted, about the outdoor workers: “The risk factor for melanoma appears

by gniv 7y ago

Thanks for linking to that article. I'd like to quote from the same paragraph that you quoted, about the outdoor workers: “The risk factor for melanoma appears to be intermittent sunshine and sunburn, especially when you’re young,” Sunburn is the real culprit. And according to my dermatologist, a sunburn now can cause melanoma 20 years hence. Do not get sunburnt!

A_Parr 7y ago
Sunburn is cell death due to DNA damage. It's a fail-safe that tries to limit the chance of things like melanoma by killing damaged cells off before they can reproduce. The real culprit is the small chance some cells didn't die off and an even smaller subset manage to replicate with damaged DNA. The actual sunburn is just an indicator that you've exposed a number of skin cells to those odds.