Rowan Jacobsen
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 27 Jul
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The pendulum swung hard in the other direction.
The messaging sort of got stronger and stronger and stronger after World War II.
Like, stop frying yourself, you know?
Right.
Yeah.
The researchers just started to realize it in the 1930s, kind of in the same era.
And that was, I think, part of the issue is the exact same era that people were like, let's lie out in the sun for 10 hours for our health.
They were doing tests with UV and mice and realizing that ultraviolet light was looking like one of the major, if not the major cause of skin cancer.
And suddenly worrying that all these people were getting way too much exposure in their lives.
Really, like 1980 is the sort of pivot point.
And before that, the sunscreens that were out on the market were really not there to protect you from skin cancer.
They were there to help you get a great tan, right?
They weren't even called sunscreens.
They were called, you know, suntan lotions.
That was the focus in the 60s and 70s is sunscreen that blocked UVB, the rays that cause burning,
so that you could stay out in the sun longer to get more tan, right?
It did not block UVA, which at the time they didn't think was a cause of skin cancer, but it would make you nice and tan.
So then skin cancer rates are still going through the roof, especially in Australia, which is one of the sunniest places on earth.
So 1980, Australia starts its Slip, Slop, Slap campaign, which with Sid the seagull doing the public messaging.
It was super successful.
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