People who work outside don’t get skin cancer. People who cook themselves for fun do.
If they did, we would know, because workers compensation would be paying for it.
If they did, we would know, because workers compensation would be paying for it.
Yes, they do.
> If they did, we would know, because workers compensation would be paying for it.
While state workers comp laws vary in ways which make this different from state to state, workers comp is paying for it for some subset of people who work outside.
http://blogs.findlaw.com/injured/2015/06/can-i-get-workers-c...
"However, compared with the general population, the rates for certain diseases, including some types of cancer, appear to be higher among agricultural workers, which may be related to exposures that are common in their work environments. For example, farming communities have higher rates of leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and soft tissue sarcoma, as well as cancers of the skin, lip, stomach, brain, and prostate."
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/a...
This is believed to be due to sun exposure of the left side while driving.
Science is trying to work this out, it is complex. We know that sun exposure both protects from and causes skin cancer depending on the study. This is a complex subject, the only thing I think I can safely say is don't get a sunburn.
https://wiki.cancer.org.au/skincancerstats/Settings:_Workpla...
It is estimated that around 200 melanomas and 34,000 non-melanoma skin cancers per year are caused by occupational exposures in Australia.[1]
http://www.cancer.org.au/content/pdf/PreventingCancer/BeSuns...
The 2006 Report on indicators for occupational disease highlights there was an increase in skin cancer claims per million employees/persons over a six-year period to 2004. The report says that given the long latency period associated with exposure and the onset of skin cancer, it is also likely that compensation claims greatly understate the real incidence of occupational skin cancer6 .
That's a bit of a blasé thing to say... I have lost direct family members through melanoma due to their work requiring them to be in the sun all day, and clearly many other people here have too. I can't fathom how you would form such an opinion.
My father, who worked outdoors most of his life, always wore long pants and long sleeves even on the hottest summer days. I did not understand why when I was younger. I now get it.