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> doesn't automatically mean it's unhealthy nor that it will harm you.

Examples: sunshine, candles, birth control

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Realistically, sunshine has caused more cancers than every nuclear disaster added together.

If we could, we would absolutely ban it. It is grossly unsafe.

Except for what happens when you get no sunshine.

Living is unsafe.

Also sunshine got more dangerous with the ozone layer depletion (man-made)

Yep, let's fit warnings in birthing suites that 100% of all children born will die.

We need more vigilance from Captain Obvious, who has been slacking off.

Probably causes more cancers each day than every nuclear disaster added together. On the other hand, without sunshine, the Earth would be frozen world covered with ice, void of life.

That is actually a counter-example, as many people make an effort to reduce the damage they receive from the sun.

That is true, but many other people put in substantial effort to increase it. :/

And the lower vitamin D levels due to this effort to block UV might be increasing the cancer rate instead of decreasing it.

It would be a delightful piece of vandalism if people slapped stickers dating "Sunshine is known to the state of California to cause cancer" on all the moronic notices.

How about writing the warning in the sky, say hourly?

Those are all very dangerous if not taken in moderation, and many people are unaware of just how dangerous they are.

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