3 Ways Your Sun Protection Can Backfire

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People have a lot of ideas about how they can protect themselves from the sun’s ultraviolet radiation, but many of those ideas just don’t hold up, and some make things worse! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—Alexander Wadsworth, Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Sultan Alkhulaifi, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.skincancer.org/publications/the-melanoma-letter/summer-2012-vol-30-no-2/clothing http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/05/testing-sun-protective-clothing/index.htm http://anthro.palomar.edu/adapt/adapt_4.htm https://www.thoughtco.com/does-glass-block-uv-light-608316 https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/postings/2016/05/uv_windshield.php http://www.skincancer.org/prevention/are-you-at-risk/sun-hazards-in-your-car https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-a-base-tan-can-protect-against-sunburn/ https://www.aad.org/media/stats/prevention-and-care https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_stati

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