[dsmithatx]

The say all we have to worry from the sun is skin cancer. That Solar flares don't cause other cancers. Remember this is the same science community and government that recommended margarine was safer than butter. That salt was dangerous and to be avoided which isn't believe to be be 100% accurate. They also created a food pyramid. We were told to eat lots of breads and pasta and fruit which contains sugars. People drank lots of juice. We were told to avoid foods with fat. Diabetes greatly increased ever since and now we are hearing it's the carbs and sugars that are more of a concern than fat.

We are told that mostly UV and electromagnetic radiation reach the earth and Sunlight is danger of skin cancer. Have we all read the peer reviewed studies and do we really know how often the sun potential sends a surge of Gamma radiation through your body? Isn't a great concern of long term solar system exploration about astronauts getting all sorts of cancer? How sure are we that the earth's atmosphere is protecting us from the same gamma radiation and that it isn't causing more than just skin cancer? Science evolves and surprises often occur. I personally am not so convinced that the Sun couldn't cause much more dangerous types of radiation myself but, I admit this isn't an area of research for me.