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What do UV rays do to the skin?

What do UV rays do to the skin?. By: Meredith Walker. Pros. Vitamin D Strengthening bones and immune system Disinfection/ Sterilization Kills bacteria Mood Stimulates the pineal gland to produce tryptamines Skin Conditions Helps to heal some diseases we get on our skin Psoriasis.

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What do UV rays do to the skin?

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  1. What do UV rays do to the skin? By: Meredith Walker

  2. Pros • Vitamin D • Strengthening bones and immune system • Disinfection/ Sterilization • Kills bacteria • Mood • Stimulates the pineal gland to produce tryptamines • Skin Conditions • Helps to heal some diseases we get on our skin • Psoriasis • http://juicebaraustin.com/product/energizer/

  3. Cons • Skin Cancer • Caused by UV rays • Sunburn • Result of damaged skin cells • Immune System • Body cant fight off foreign invaders • Eyes • Photokeratitis • Skin • Destroys the collagen • http://www.onislam.net

  4. 3 Types of Rays • UV- C • 2. UV- B • Epidermis • Melanocytes • Cancer • Immune System • Sand, Water • 3.UV-A • Aging • Dermis • Health • Cancer • http://www.onislam.net

  5. http://genetics.thetech.org Skin Cancer/ Tanning Bed • UV radiation • Melanoma • Damage to DNA • A, C, T, G • Mutations • Causing the sentences to break and or the pairs to stick together • Tanning bed vs. Natural Sunlight • It is all bad, it will all lead to cancer • UVA- tanning beds; UVB- more serious in natural sunlight • International Agency for Research on Cancer • Risk for melanoma increases by 75% if you start by the age of 35 • What tanning bed companies lead you to believe (vitamin D, protection)

  6. Works Cited "Health Effects of UV Radiation." WHO. World Health Organization. Web. 14 Sept. 2014. <http://www.who.int/uv/ health/en/>. Irfan, Hwaa. "The Pros and Cons of Ultraviolet Rays in Human Health." Pros and Cons of Ultraviolet Rays. HwaaIrfan, 10 May 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014. <http://www.onislam.net/english/health-and-science/health/ 442145-the-pros-and-cons-of-ultraviolet-rays-in-human-health.html>. "Positive and Negative Effects of UV." Science Learning Hub RSS. Science Learning Hub Co., 2007. Web. 14 Sept. 2014. <http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/You-Me-and-UV/Science-Ideas-and-Concepts/ Positive-and-negative-effects-of-UV>. "UVA vs UVB, Difference Between UVA & UVB | COOLA Organic Suncare." UVA vs UVB, Difference Between UVA & UVB | COOLA Organic Suncare. COOLA, 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014. <http://www.coolasuncare.com/ sun-science/uva-vs-uvb>. "What Is Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation?" American Cancer Society. American Cancer Society, 20 Feb. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014. <http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/sunanduvexposure/ skincancerpreventionandearlydetection/skin-cancer-prevention-and-early-detection-what-is-u-v- radiation>. DeNofrio, Jan, Dr. "Understanding Genetics." Understanding Genetics. The Tech Museum of Innovation, 30 Mar. 2011. Web. 14 Sept. 2014. <http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask402>. Nicholson, Celeste R., MD. "By the Way, Doctor: Is a Tanning Bed Safer than Sunlight?" By the Way, Doctor: Is a Tanning Bed Safer than Sunlight?Harvards Women Health Watch, Sept. 2009. Web. 14 Sept. 2014. <http%3A%2F%2Fwww.health.harvard.edu%2Fnewsletters%2FHarvard_Womens_Health_Watch %2F2009%2FSeptember%2Fis-a-tanning-bed-safer-than-sunlight>.

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