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| You can’t get sunburnt while in the water. |
Water offers only minimal protection from UV radiation, and reflections from water can enhance your UV radiation exposure. |
| UV radiation during the winter is not dangerous. |
UV radiation is generally lower during the winter months, but snow reflection can double your overall exposure, especially at high altitude. |
| Sunscreens protect me so I can sunbathe much longer. |
Sunscreens are not intended to increase sun exposure time but to increase protection during unavoidable exposure. The protection they afford depends critically on their correct application. |
| If you take regular breaks during sunbathing you won’t get sunburnt. |
UV radiation exposure is cumulative during the day. |
| If you don’t feel the hot rays of the sun you won’t get sunburnt. |
Sunburn is caused by UV radiation which cannot be felt. Most of the heating is caused by the sun’s visible and infrared radiation and not by UV radiation. |