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Re: Calgary wants you!

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Originally Posted by Morwenna

Did you look at the chart I just posted?

Anyway the question was not whether cancer rates are high in Calgary compared to Australia. I do think though that simply because Canada is not a "hot" country, the UV dangers can be overlooked.

I mean, it's obvious when its 30 degs C or more for a lot of the year, that you do the slip-slap-slop thing. Not so obvious when it's -15 outdoors, but the UV dangers are still there! Check out the weird suntan marks of regular skiers!!

UV is considerably lower in winter than spring and summer so even though it is still there it is not so much of a concern as during those periods.

Here is a link to everything you want to know about UV from Environment Canada

And a link to the forecast UV map for today across Canada (assuming a clear sky) and one for selected locations in text format which takes into account actual conditions.

Cheers
Steve

Re: Calgary wants you!

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Originally Posted by Morwenna

...and here's a possible explanation for why skin cancer levels are lower in Saskatchewan than in Alberta.....

"During the winter months in Canada, the UV in sunlight is
Not very intense. However, UV does increase somewhat with
Increases in elevation."

This is from a site which provides daily nationwide UV reports:

http://www.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/data/fpcn48.html

New Brunswick is at a much lower altitude than Sask. and also has fewer hours of sunshine/year, but it's skin cancer rate is higher. At any rate, the stats for all the provinces are very similar and likely vary from one year to another.

Be careful with those stats ..... they don't prove what you implied.

Re: Calgary wants you!

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Originally Posted by Morwenna

So in summary ..... don't go to Mexico! :D

So in summary... don't lay around in the sun in your bathing suit in Mexico... I know several people down here that got melanoma from just that .... one of them died about 2 years ago.