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A footnote on skin cancer

As I stood in the shower this morning, I suddenly wondered whether the curious unexplained rise in skin cancer on the soles of the feet might be caused by superclean Westerners paddling day after day in a strong solution of sodium lauryl sulphate. (It’s not something I do myself - thanks to you!)

Is any research being done that might take such a possibility into account?- Ann Eggleton, Monmouth



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