According to the researchers, the time lag between sun burn and the first signs of cancer was part of the problem.

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Krentcil said that her daughter's burn came from the sun on an unusually warm day and that she would never take the girl into a tanning booth.

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Its path will put it spectacularly close to the Sun in November and if it does not burn up entirely, could be the "comet of the century".

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