Kiwis Receive 40% More UV - B Than N. Americans At Corresponding Latitudes

New Zealand's clean air and thin ozone layer means we are receiving about 40 per cent more dangerous cancer-causing ultraviolet radiation than North Americans at corresponding latitudes, a leading atmospheric researcher says.

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) scientist Richard McKenzie said joint research by Niwa and North American scientists had found New Zealand's summer UV levels were as if the country was actually positioned 450km nearer the equator and 1000m higher in altitude, a Wellington daily newspaper reported.

The research findings, to be published in the international journal Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, investigated the UV levels in New Zealand. "It's no doubt an important factor in causing the high rates of skin cancer we have here," Dr McKenzie was reported as saying.

New Zealand has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world.


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10362387

maybe live -- and i've already had skin cancer TWICE.:mad:

and sell it to New Zealand ...

Guess I'll have to get myself a bitchin' SUV and do my bit for the health of the nation. Bummer.

New Zealand has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world.
That can't be right. We don't have any nuclear power... :nuke: