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> * Shirt off for a run? Great. Swimming for an hour? Great.*

Tell me you don't live in Australia without telling me.

Doing that in Australia is basically the fast-track path to skin cancer thanks to the hole in the ozone layer.

Going back after ~10 years away I was staggered to experience the feeling of hot chilli peppers being ground into my skin after standing in the sun for ~5 minutes.

Nowhere in Africa was like that.



Australia's sun recommendations have become more nuanced, taking into account skin type:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-13/sun-safety-position-s...




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