Sun Bad Usually: Hot Sun = Sunburn = Skin Cancer

But for those who live in freezing Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, rates of skin cancer have increased by 66 percent in less than 20 years. The cause is an ozone hole twice the size of Europe, which makes it the most ultra-violet place to be outside of Antarctica

Sun Good During the past two decades, ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation from the sun has been blamed for a significant increase in melanoma and other skin cancer. However, during the same period, there have been many articles in reputable journals indicating that sunlight actually affords protection against many other types of cancer.

If Americans in the northern part of the country had more exposure to sunlight, then there might be 30,000 less deaths from about a dozen types of cancers, with only 3,000 more deaths from skin cancers. Story at NewsWise