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Re:The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of ... by ndsipa_pomu on Friday September 19, 2025 @09:54AM (#45301713)
It's instructive to look at people who drive for a living. One arm will have significantly more sun exposure than the other and it's trivial to spot the difference as the sun does have a very noticeable aging effect.
Re:The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of ... by cisasteelersfan on Friday September 19, 2025 @03:15PM (#45305307)
What's interesting is that sun exposure through a car window removes almost all UVB rays and most UVA rays. So it's closer to comparing lower sun exposure vs sun exposure with sunscreen.
Re:The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of ... by setopt on Friday September 19, 2025 @03:55PM (#45305798)
If I recall correctly, the side windows on cars let through more UVA, while the front windows block both efficiently.
Re:The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of ... by apt-apt-apt-apt on Friday September 19, 2025 @05:08PM (#45306635)
Dangerously incorrect, side car windows do not remove most UVA rays.
Re:The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of ... by christophilus on Friday September 19, 2025 @06:17PM (#45307392)
I wonder, though, if they got full body sun exposure on a regular basis, if that would change things. It seems unlikely that we would have evolved to have a single part of our body exposed to the sun while the rest wasn’t.
Re:The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of ... by ndsipa_pomu on Saturday September 20, 2025 @06:08AM (#45311972)
> I wonder, though, if they got full body sun exposure on a regular basis, if that would change things

Yes - their whole body would be subject to the ageing effects of the sun.

> It seems unlikely that we would have evolved to have a single part of our body exposed to the sun while the rest wasn’t

And yet it's common for dark skinned people to have significantly lighter palms and soles of feet as they have less exposure to the sun.