What Happens if you Miss your Target?

A leading researcher from the University of Auckland says skin cancer campaigns may be causing New Zealanders to get too little Vitamin “D’’, with Maori, Pacific and South Asian peoples the worst off ... and the consequences ... "international research indicates low Vitamin D levels may increase the risk of rickets and osteoporosis, breast and bowel cancer, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, tuberculosis and respiratory infections."

Along with Australia, New Zealand has the highest skin cancer rates in the world. In 2002, the year for which most recent figures are available, there were 1,842 total melanoma registrations (933 = males, 909 = females) (New Zealand Health Information Service: www.nzhis.govt.nz). This shows an increase in the total number of melanoma registrations from 1,660 in 2000 and 1,757 in 2001.
Like other cancers, melanoma occurs most often in older people, but can also affect younger people and is the commonest cancer in men aged 20–39. For women, melanoma is the commonest cancer between the ages of 20-30, while between 30-39 years, it is the next most common cancer after breast cancer. (New Zealand Health Information Service).

Should this not be bringing in to question the 'cover-up' programmes touted in schools, emblazened across our televisions and those arbitrary expert-defined 'exposure limits proposed by our Met. service??