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[Robert Brockway]

On Fri, 1 Feb 2013, tomk wrote:

> Yesterday I drove past a pre-school with approximately 30 bundles of joy 
> playing out in the sun. They all had their hats on with supervisors 
> ensuring that the hats stayed on.
>
> I cried.
>
> Cotton hats versus Alpha Beta and Gamma.

The hats are really intended to protect against UV-A and UV-B.  The 
evidence that they work for this purpose is fairly strong.

Alpha particles aren't too bad.  Pretty short range.  As for beta 
particles and gamma rays, my advice is to avoid standing too close to 
strong radioactive sources :)

As for myself, I've always approached Sun protection in a moderate manner. 
I do not slop on sunscreen at the first sign of the Sun, but if I know I 
will be out for hours I most definitely make preparations to protect my 
skin.

My 6 year old daughter inherited melanin in her skin from her mum (so she 
does rather better in the Sun than I do) but we still use a hat and Sun 
screen for her when appropriate.

Cheers,

Rob

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