Word: sunlight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hoover line jerked, went slack, jerked again. Below the water a rapier snout struck at the bonito, crunched on the hook. The fisherman let his line out fast, as the creature sped away, leapt into sunlight, shook itself angrily. The Hoover line was taut again and remained so for 25 struggling minutes, as the next President and his first sailfish fought it out in the Gulf Stream...
...rise to cancer in a suitable animal, such as tar, results in an increased effectiveness of the agent producing the cancer [i. e., tar]. This is an experimental confirmation of the well-known fact that cancer of the skin is more frequent among those exposed to excessive quantities of sunlight such as sailors or those engaged in agricultural pursuits. The explanation of the way in which such radiation acts is still to be explained. In the light of this, warning must be issued against the indiscriminate use of ultraviolet radiation lamps by people at large. These lamps are sold...
...newspapers this became: "Too much sunlight is conducive to cancer of the skin. Thus agricultural workers, sailors and others exposed to the sun are apparently more apt to suffer from the disease than the rest of mankind. The radiation lamps, the review says, cause the same reaction and have elements of danger...
...bureau endeavored to correct the misinterpretation of its report. But scare of sunlight, natural and artificial, had already spread throughout the country...
Deceived by press reports, Joseph C. Bloodgood, cancer expert (Johns Hopkins) spoke: "The ordinary amount of sunlight is practically never a cause of cancer. A cancer may develop from burns on the skin by the sunlight but at any stage before the cancer stage is reached, the progress of the affliction may easily be halted. The brown spots that come on the face or neck of farmers or any one who is exposed much to the sun, wind and rain may ultimately become cancers, but not at all necessarily so. They quite often are allowed to go neglected until they...