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Published Date: 02 July 2009
HEALTH chiefs have warned Lothians residents not to be duped by cloudy weather in the fight against skin cancer.
NHS Lothian said that a lot of damage can still be done to skin, even if the sun isn't shining directly on it.

Cases of skin cancer have risen steadily in the area over the years, and part of the drive to stop this is to improve awareness of sun safety.

Sheena Dryden, clinical nurse specialist for skin cancers, said: "The main line of defence against the sun's rays is clothing, and the last line is sun cream."





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  • Last Updated: 02 July 2009 10:11 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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Alternative (High-Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 02/07/2009 13:15:41
Why not go and stick your head in a gas oven now? Clearly there is no hope for any of us. Everything is going to cause us to die screaming in agony.

FFS, Why can we not, for at least once, read something POSITIVE about the spell of good weather we are having?

If it's not infantile "advice" about taking your overcoat off if you feel hot, it's equally infantile advice telling you to have a drink if you are thirsty. And if it neither of those, it's the beardy greens telling us that the world is going to end and this hot weather is the proof. Failing that it's "experts" telling us that we can get skin cancer if we let a little bit of sunlight onto our palid, pale skin.

For christs sake lighten up. We're experiencing a rare period of nice weather. Enjoy it. Long may it continue. If you've got nothing positive to say about it, say nothing. It would be better all round.
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Alternative (High-Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 02/07/2009 13:43:47
Just imagine if the summer of 1976 repeated itself. We had proper hot weather then---90°F in the shade on a regular basis. Standpipes in some areas, swarms of bees, roads melting, pubs running out of beer, ice-cream vans running out of ice-cream.

This carried on from about mid april through to early september. If it happened nowadays, in this inane nanny state I could see emergency legislation introduced to force people to cover up and wear sunscreen, no-one to be on the streets between the hours of 11am through to 3pm, compulsory to carry a bottle of water, overcoats banned, sandals and parasols to be worn/carried in Princes Street Gardens...

Oh yes. I can just see it. The nazi-state nannies would have a field day---and then the green beards would push for power stations to be switched off on the grounds that global wamring was happening right here and now.

What HAS changed since those days in the 70s when people were sensible, tolerant and treated people like adults? What's gone wrong? Is it me?

 

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