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Originally posted by bilmore
Much like the overuse of antibiotics has resulted in more resistant strains of bugs, the overuse for decades of the one common sunscreen ingredient has affected the spectrum of the UV energy that our skin receives. It is, of course, the logical result that, as we screen out certain wavelengths, other wavelengths will pop up to take their place, and natural selection mandates that the proportion of unaffected wavelengths would increase as the affected wavelengths fail to propogate. This is simply nature driven amok by man.
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The alternative is just to stay indoors. But that's going to make that trip to Tahiti really suck.
