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Would you expect to find the highest rate of skin cancer among the blacks of tropical africa, scientists in the arctic, norwegians in the southern us, or blacks in the us. explain your choice.

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scientists in the arctic due to light refracting of the ice magnifying the amount of solar radiation they receive

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Answer:

Norwegians in the Untied States.

Step-by-step explanation:

Norwegians usually have very fair skin, which shows that they do not have much melanin. In addition, Norway is in a region with little sun compared to the US.

Melanin is a pigment whose function is to protect DNA against the harmful action of radiation emitted by the sun.

As has been said the Norwegians have little melanin, and the US has a higher incidence of sunlight than Norway. This way, when Norwegians go to the United States they are exposed to all the sun damage and become very susceptible to skin cancer.

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