Over the years I have heard from countless sources that tanning (indoor especially) is incredibly dangerous. I know that it increases your risk of skin cancers and other skin damage, early aging, etc but I am having trouble explaining to my partner the severity of the damage. I am bad with words. Can someone please eli5 the reality of it so I can get him to stop tanning? Thank you!
In: Chemistry
So, radiation. Radio signals are radiation. And cellular, and WiFi, and microwaves, and light, and X-rays. It’s **ionizing** radiation that hits the skin with enough energy to alter DNA very quickly. Ultraviolet light is ionizing radiation, pretty much neighbors with X-rays.
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