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Skin cancer is on the rise. Could climate change be to blame?

Skin cancer cases in the United States more than tripled from 1975 to 2021, despite technological advances in sunscreens and public awareness of the risks of sun exposure. In Canada, melanoma — the deadliest form of skin cancer — increased by 17% in 2024 alone.

How can this be?

It’s likely caused by a combination of factors, but some studies suggest that the increasing temperatures due to climate change and intensifying ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure resulting from air pollution could be contributing to the problem.

“Suggest.” So, they don’t know. They’re just making sh*t up in order to scaremonger. And get more funding, of course.

“The ozone layer acts as a broad-brimmed hat for the Earth,” explains Eva Rawlings Parker, MD, an assistant professor of dermatology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, who specializes in climate change-related skin diseases. “It blocks UV radiation, and it’s been degraded by chlorofluorocarbons. The manufacturing [of these compounds] is restricted now, but they’re very long-lived and act as potent greenhouse gases. What we’re now seeing are synergistic effects of three environmental impacts: increased UV, air pollution, and heat.”

But, the ozone layer has gotten much better since the Montreal Protocol, so, maybe it is something else? Thing is, they do not really know, beyond knowing that UV radiation is a main cause. Heat? There are no studies that specifically say “yes, that makes it worse” beyond people being outside more. And a 1.7F increase in global temperatures since 1850 is no big deal. Perhaps in the liberal urban areas with artificially inflated temperatures, ie, UHI? Yes, some air pollution. Maybe we should focus on real things

The popularity of indoor tanning has also taken a toll. Women under age 30 who use tanning beds are six times more likely to develop melanoma than those who don’t, notes the AAD.

And the kiddies, particularly young women, are using tanning beds a lot in order to look good for their social media, even though they tend to use way too much makeup which covers that tan.